http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/115Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-06-22Expert Participation2026-04-28 PART 4REMEDIATION OF CERTAIN DEFECTSRemediation contribution orders 115 1 The Welsh Ministers must by regulations— a provide that a residential property tribunal may make a remediation contribution order on the application of an interested person; b make further provision in connection with remediation contribution orders. 2 A remediation contribution order is an order requiring a relevant body corporate or partnership to make payments to a specified person for the purpose of meeting costs incurred or to be incurred in remedying, or otherwise in connection with, relevant defects (or specified relevant defects) relating to a relevant building (“remediation costs”). 3 Regulations under subsection (1) may provide for remediation contribution orders to require the making of payments— a of specified amounts or in relation to specified things, or both; b at specified times or on demand following specified events, or both. 4 In subsections (2) and (3) “specified” means specified in the remediation contribution order. 5 In this section— “developer” (“datblygwr”), in relation to a relevant building, means a person who undertook or commissioned the construction or conversion of the building (or part of the building) with a view to granting or disposing of interests in the building or parts of it; “interested person” (“person a chanddo fuddiant”), in relation to a relevant building, means— the Welsh Ministers; the building safety authority for the building; the fire safety authority for the building; a person with a legal or equitable interest in the building or any part of it; any other person specified, or of a description specified, in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers; “partnership” (“partneriaeth”) means— a partnership within the meaning of the Partnership Act 1890, or a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; “relevant body corporate or partnership” (“corff corfforedig perthnasol neu bartneriaeth berthnasol”) means a body corporate or partnership that is— a landlord under a lease of the relevant building or any part of it, a person who was such a landlord at the beginning of 20 February 2026, a developer in relation to the relevant building, or a person associated with a person within any of paragraphs (a) to (c). 6 The Welsh Ministers may by regulations— a make provision about costs that are, or are not, to be regarded as remediation costs; b make provision about the circumstances in which a partnership or body corporate is associated with another person; c provide that this section applies, with or without modifications, in relation to a building that would, but for section 112(1)(b) or (2), be a relevant building. 7 The Welsh Ministers must lay a draft of a Welsh statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) before Senedd Cymru before the end of the period of 9 months beginning with the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent. S. 115 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 138(2)