Schedules

Schedule 7Special measures

I115Notifications about special measures order

1

The regulator must take all reasonable steps to notify the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of the making, variation or discharge of a special measures order in relation to a higher-risk building.

2

The persons are—

a

each accountable person for the building,

b

each resident of the building who is aged 16 or over,

c

each owner of a residential unit in the building,

d

any managing agent for the building or any relevant part of the building,

e

any recognised tenants’ association for the building or any part of the building,

f

any manager appointed under section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 in relation to the building or any part of the building,

g

the fire and rescue authority for the area in which the building is situated,

h

the local housing authority for the area in which the building is situated,

i

where any accountable person for the building is a registered provider of social housing, the Regulator of Social Housing, and

j

where any part of the building contains premises occupied for the purposes of a business, each responsible person (within the meaning of article 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005) in relation to those premises.

3

In this paragraph “relevant part”, in relation to a higher-risk building, has the meaning given by paragraph 2(10).

4

The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the list in sub-paragraph (2).