Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026

48 Duty of accountable person to keep information and documents

(1) The Welsh Ministers‍ must by regulations require an accountable person for a regulated building to keep—

(a) relevant information specified in the regulations;

(b) relevant documents specified in the regulations.

(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision about—

(a) the time for which relevant information or a relevant document must be kept (which may include requiring it to be kept indefinitely);

(b) how it must be kept;

(c) the form in which it must be kept.

(3) The regulations may impose requirements subject to conditions or exceptions.

(4) Where an accountable person is required to keep relevant information or a relevant document, but does not have it, the person must obtain the information or the document unless it is not practicable to do so.

(5) An accountable person who is required to keep relevant information must so far as possible ensure that the information is accurate and is kept up to date.

(6) In this section—

(a) information and documents are “relevant” if they relate to a part of a building for which an accountable person is responsible;

(b) except in paragraph (a) of this subsection, references to an accountable person include a person who is treated as an accountable person by virtue of section 36.