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<Text>In this Act, references to the part of a regulated building for which an accountable person is responsible have the meaning given by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.</Text>
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<Text>The regulations may provide that the part of a regulated building for which an accountable person is responsible is the whole of the building.</Text>
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