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                           <Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>An accountable person for an occupied higher-risk building must as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant time assess the building safety risks as regards the part of the building for which they are responsible.</Text>
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                           <Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>Further such assessments must be made—</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>at regular intervals,</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>at any time that the accountable person has reason to suspect that the current assessment is no longer valid, and</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>at the direction of the regulator, within a period specified in the direction.</Text>
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                              <Text>An assessment under <InternalLink Ref="section-83-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/83/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/83/1">subsection (1)</InternalLink> or <InternalLink Ref="section-83-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/83/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/83/2">(2)</InternalLink> must be suitable and sufficient for the purposes of enabling the accountable person to comply with their duties under section 84.</Text>
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                           <Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>In this section “<Term id="term-the-relevant-time">the relevant time</Term>” means—</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>the time when the building becomes occupied, or</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>if later, the time when the person becomes an accountable person for the building.</Text>
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