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The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc) (England) Regulations 2023
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These Regulations, which apply to England only, make largely administrative provision in relation to the management of safety risks in higher-risk buildings. Higher-risk building is defined in sections 65 to 70 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”).
In Part 2—
Regulation 3 makes provision in relation to building assessment certificates.
Regulation 4 prescribes the principles in accordance with which an accountable person must act in taking steps relating to building safety risks.
Regulation 5 makes provision in relation to safety case reports.
Regulation 6 makes provision in relation to requirements to make reports to the Building Safety Regulator relating to building safety risks.
Regulation 7 prescribes standards for the keeping of information and documents about higher-risk buildings.
Regulations 8 and 9 makes provision about the provision of information to the Building Safety Regulator and others.
Regulations 10 and 11 make provision about the involvement of residents of higher-risk buildings in relation to building safety risks.
Regulation 12 makes provision in relation to complaints procedures relating to building safety risks.
Regulation 13 makes provision in relation to contravention notices which may be served by accountable persons in relation to contravention of duties under section 95 of the 2022 Act.
Regulation 14 makes provision in relation to compliance notices which may be served on accountable persons by the Building Safety Regulator.
Regulation 15 creates a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a decision of the Building Safety Regulator to refuse to remove a building from the register of higher-risk buildings.
Part 3 makes minor amendments to the Building Safety (Registration of Higher-Risk Buildings and Review of Decisions) (England) Regulations 2023.
An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs to business is published with an explanatory memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.
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