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

Prospective

CHAPTER 10 E+W SUPPLEMENTARY

Recovery of relevant costs by principal accountable person E+W

69 Recovery of relevant costs by principal accountable person E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for and in connection with enabling the principal accountable person for a regulated building to recover relevant costs from any other person who is an accountable person for the building or is treated as an accountable person by virtue of section 36.

(2) In subsection (1), “relevant costs” means any costs incurred or to be incurred by the principal accountable person in connection with—

(a) applying to register a category 1 building or a category 2 building in accordance with section 20 and regulations made under it;

(b) notifying the building safety authority for such a building of a change in accordance with section 21 and regulations made under it;

(c) giving a declaration to the building safety authority for such a building in accordance with section 24 and regulations made under it;

(d) applying to remove a category 1 building or a category 2 building from the register in accordance with section 25 and regulations made under it;

(e) ensuring that the fire safety risks relating to a regulated building are assessed, and copies of assessments are given, in accordance with sections 29 to 32 and regulations made under them;

(f) in relation to a category 1 building—

(i) preparing and revising a safety case report, and giving a copy of the report and notice summarising the revisions to the building safety authority for the building, in accordance with section 37 and regulations made under it;

(ii) establishing and operating an occurrence recording system in accordance with section 38 and regulations made under it;

(iii) complying with the duties imposed by sections 40 and 41 and regulations made under them (residents’ engagement strategy);

(iv) applying for a building certificate in accordance with sections 42 and 43 and regulations made under them;

(v) complying with the duties relating to the display of building certificates and other documents imposed by section 45 and regulations made under it;

(vi) establishing and operating a system for the investigation of relevant complaints in accordance with section 51 and regulations made under it;

(g) in relation to a category 2 or a category 3 building, making and giving effect to arrangements for the consideration of relevant complaints in accordance with regulations under section 52;

(h) making a request to enter premises, or applying to a residential property tribunal for an access order, in accordance with section 58;

(i) giving a warning notice in accordance with section 59 or 60 and regulations made under section 62;

(j) applying to a residential property tribunal for a contravention order in accordance with section 61.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 69 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 138(2)