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Building Safety Act 2022

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3(1)The regulator and a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) must cooperate with each other in the exercise of—

(a)any building function of the regulator, and

(b)any relevant function of the person.

(2)The regulator may disclose to a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) information held in connection with any of its building functions, for the purpose of any of those functions or any relevant functions of the person.

(3)A person mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) may disclose to the regulator information held in connection with any of their relevant functions, for the purpose of any of those functions or any building function of the regulator.

(4)The persons are—

(a)the Regulator of Social Housing;

(b)a person who administers a relevant scheme.

(5)Relevant scheme” means—

(a)a scheme approved under Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1996 (housing complaints: social landlords),

(b)a redress scheme to which persons are required by virtue of section 83 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (lettings agency work) to be members,

(c)a redress scheme to which persons are required by virtue of section 84 of that Act (property management work) to be members, or

(d)the new homes ombudsman scheme.

(6)In this paragraphrelevant function” means—

(a)in relation to the Regulator of Social Housing, any of its functions;

(b)in relation to a person who administers a relevant scheme, any function relating to that scheme.

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