PART 1 E+W SAFETY OF BUILDINGS CONTAINING TWO OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS

Prospective

CHAPTER 8 E+W DUTIES OF RESIDENTS AND OWNERS ETC. OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS

55 Category 1 and category 2 buildings: structural safety duties of residents etc. E+W

(1) This section applies to—

(a) an adult resident of a residential unit in an occupied category 1 building or an occupied category 2 building;

(b) an owner of a residential unit in such a building.

(2) A person to whom this section applies must not—

(a) in, on, or in relation to, any of the common parts of the building, do any act that creates a significant risk of a structural safety risk materialising in relation to the building;

(b) in, on or in relation to the residential unit, do any act that creates a significant risk of a structural safety risk materialising in relation to the building.

(3) In subsection (2)(a) “common parts” has the meaning given by section 54(3).

(4) A person to whom this section applies must comply with a request for information if the request—

(a) is made by the accountable person who is responsible for the part of the building containing the residential unit, and

(b) is for information that is necessary to enable—

(i) the accountable person to comply with section 34 or 35 or regulations made under those sections (assessment and management of structural safety risks);

(ii) a person who is treated as an accountable person by virtue of section 36 to comply with section 35 or regulations made under it.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 55 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 138(2)