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<Text>A principal accountable person who applies for a building certificate in relation to a category 1 building must include with the application—</Text>
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<Text>a copy of the current safety case report for the building, unless a copy has already been given to the building safety authority under section 37;</Text>
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<Text>information specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers about the occurrence recording system operated by the principal accountable person (see section 38);</Text>
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<Text>a copy of the current residents’ engagement strategy for the building (see sections 40 and 41);</Text>
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<Text>information specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers about what each accountable person for the building has done to comply with the duties imposed on them under section 49 (provision of information or documents to other persons).</Text>
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<Text>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make further provision about applications for building certificates.</Text>
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<Text>That provision may, in particular, include provision about—</Text>
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<Text>how an application must be made;</Text>
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<Text>the form and content of an application;</Text>
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<Text>anything else that must be included with an application (in addition to the information and documents mentioned in subsection (1));</Text>
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<Text>circumstances in which an application may be withdrawn or treated as withdrawn;</Text>
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<Text>how an application may be withdrawn.</Text>
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