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<Text>The principal accountable person for a registered category 1 building or a registered category 2 building must notify the building safety authority for the building in writing of—</Text>
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<Text>a change to any information included in the register under section 18(2)(a) and (c) to (g);</Text>
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<Text>any other change specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers,</Text>
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<Text>before the end of 14 days beginning with the first day on which the principal accountable person knows, or ought reasonably to know, of the change.</Text>
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<Text>A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence.</Text>
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<Text>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable—</Text>
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<Text>on summary conviction, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding the applicable limit under section 224(1A)(b) of the Sentencing Code, or both;</Text>
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<Text>on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.</Text>
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<Text>A person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (2) commits a further offence if the person continues to fail to comply with subsection (1) after the conviction.</Text>
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<Text>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the failure continues.</Text>
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