http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/42Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-06-22Expert Participation2026-04-28 PART 1SAFETY OF BUILDINGS CONTAINING TWO OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITSCHAPTER 5DUTIES APPLYING ONLY TO OCCUPIED CATEGORY 1 BUILDINGSBuilding certificatesDuty of principal accountable person to apply for building certificate 42 1 This section applies to a category 1 building that is registered and occupied. 2 The building safety authority for the building may at any time direct the principal accountable person for the building to apply to the authority for the issue of a building certificate under section 44. 3 The principal accountable person must apply to the authority for a building certificate in relation to the building within 28 days beginning with the day after the day on which the direction is given. 4 Where a building safety authority has issued a building certificate in relation to a building to which this section applies, the principal accountable person for the building must apply to the authority for a further building certificate within 5 years beginning with the day on which the most recent certificate was issued (whether or not the authority directs the person to do so). 5 The principal accountable person for a building to which this section applies commits an offence if the person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (3) or (4). 6 A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) is liable— a 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; b on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both. 7 A person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (5) commits a further offence if the person continues to fail to comply with subsection (3) or (4) (as the case may be) after the conviction. 8 A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the failure continues. 9 The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend the period of time specified in subsection (4). S. 42 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 138(2)