84Management of building safety risksE+W
(1)An accountable person for an occupied higher-risk building must take all reasonable steps for the following purposes—
(a)preventing a building safety risk materialising as regards the part of the building for which they are responsible;
(b)reducing the severity of any incident resulting from such a risk materialising.
(2)Those steps may in particular involve the accountable person carrying out works to the part of the building for which they are responsible.
(3)When taking the steps the accountable person must act in accordance with prescribed principles.
(4)The steps must be taken promptly.
(5)The accountable person must make and give effect to arrangements for the purpose of ensuring the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of steps taken under this section.
Commencement Information
I1S. 84 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 170(2)(a)
I2S. 84 in force at 16.1.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/40, reg. 2(f)