Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026

49 Duty of accountable person to give information and documents to other persons

(1) The Welsh Ministers‍ must by regulations make provision about the sharing of relevant information and relevant documents by accountable persons.

(2) The regulations may require an accountable person for a regulated building to give relevant information specified in the regulations, or a relevant document specified in the regulations, to—

(a) the building safety authority for the building;

(b) the fire safety authority for the building;

(c) another accountable person for the building;

(d) residents of the building;

(e) owners of residential units in the building;

(f) any other person specified in the regulations.

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

(a) when relevant information or a relevant document must be given;

(b) how it must be given;

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

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

(5) The regulations may, in particular—

(a) provide that an accountable person is required to give relevant information or a relevant document to a person only if the person has requested it;

(b) make provision about how a request is to be made.

(6) Where regulations under this section require relevant information or a relevant document to be given to a building safety authority or a fire safety authority, they may make provision about the admissibility of the information or document in any criminal proceedings.

(7) 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.