PART 1SAFETY OF BUILDINGS CONTAINING TWO OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS
CHAPTER 3REGISTRATION OF CATEGORY 1 BUILDINGS AND CATEGORY 2 BUILDINGS
Removal of building from register
25Application to remove building from register
(1)
Subsection (2) applies if the principal accountable person for a registered category 1 building or a registered category 2 building believes, or ought reasonably to believe, that—
(a)
the building is neither a category 1 building nor a category 2 building, or
(b)
the building is not occupied and the total period for which it is not occupied will be at least 6 months.
(2)
The principal accountable person must apply to the building safety authority for the building to remove the building from the register before the end of 14 days beginning with the first day on which the person has, or ought reasonably to have, that belief.
(3)
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about applications under subsection (2) including, in particular, provision about—
(a)
how an application must be made;
(b)
the form and content of an application;
(c)
anything else that must be included with an application.
(4)
A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(5)
A person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (4) commits a further offence if the person continues to fail to comply with subsection (2) after the conviction.
(6)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the failure continues.