Building Safety Act 2022

s.101 Offence: contravention giving rise to risk of death and serious injury Imprisonment

Breach building safety requirements causing critical riskAny Person
Fail to meet building safety duties, creating critical riskAny Person

2 years imprisonment · amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.102 Special measures

s.103 Appeals against compliance notice etc

s.104 Appeals against decisions of the regulator made under this Part

s.105 Appeals against decisions of the regulator made under regulations

s.106 Appeals: supplementary

s.107 Enforcement of decisions of the First-tier and Upper Tribunal

s.108 Guidance

s.109 Cooperation and coordination Regulated

Cooperate and coordinate with other building safety duty holdersAny Person

s.110 Managers appointed under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

s.111 Building safety directors of resident management companies

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.112 Implied terms in leases and recovery of safety related costs

s.113 Provision of building safety information

s.114 Commonholds

s.115 Interpretation of Part 4

20 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.061 Overview of Part

s.062 Meaning of “building safety risk”

s.063 Recommendations about regulations under section 62

s.065 Meaning of “higher-risk building” etc

s.068 Modification of Part in relation to certain kinds of higher-risk building

s.071 Meaning of “occupied” higher-risk building etc

s.072 Meaning of “accountable person”

s.073 Meaning of “principal accountable person”

s.074 Part of building for which an accountable person is responsible

s.075 Determinations by the tribunal

s.078 Registration of higher-risk buildings

s.080 Applications for building assessment certificates

s.081 Building assessment certificates

s.085 Safety case report

s.086 Notification and provision of report to the regulator

s.089 Provision of information etc to the regulator, residents and other persons

s.093 Complaints procedure operated by principal accountable person

s.094 Complaints procedure operated by the regulator

s.096 Contravention notices

s.097 Access to premises

Part 5

Other provision about safety, standards etc

47 of 47 sections shown

s.116 Remediation of certain defects

s.117 Meaning of “relevant building”

s.118 Section 117: height of buildings and number of storeys

s.119 Meaning of “qualifying lease” and “the qualifying time”

s.119 Meaning of “connected replacement lease”

amended 3 times

s.120 Meaning of “relevant defect” and “relevant steps”

s.121 Associated persons

s.122 Remediation costs under qualifying leases etc

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.123 Remediation orders

s.124 Remediation contribution orders

amended 11 times (opens in a new tab)

s.125 Meeting remediation costs of insolvent landlord

s.125 Notifications by insolvency practitioners Regulated

Notify local authorities and fire service when appointed as insolvency practitioner for a building-safety responsible personDirector or Officer

amended 2 times

s.126 Building industry schemes Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State may establish building industry safety schemesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.127 Building industry schemes: supplementary

s.128 Prohibition on development for prescribed persons

s.129 Building control prohibitions

s.130 Building liability orders

s.131 Building liability orders: associates

s.132 Order for information in connection with building liability order

s.133 Service charges in respect of remediation works

s.134 Duties relating to work to dwellings etc

s.135 Limitation periods

s.136 Establishment of the new homes ombudsman scheme

s.137 The new homes ombudsman scheme

s.138 “Relevant owner”, “new build home” and “developer”

s.139 Regulations under section 138

s.140 Power to require persons to join scheme and to provide information

s.141 Register of members Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

New homes ombudsman must maintain a public register of membersStatutory regulator

s.142 Developers’ code of practice Regulated

Comply with the New Homes Ombudsman code of practiceContractor

s.143 Amendment of the Government of Wales Act 2006

s.144 New build home warranties

s.145 New build home warranties: financial penalties

s.146 Construction products

s.147 Liability relating to construction products: general definitions

s.148 Liability relating to construction products

s.149 Liability for past defaults relating to cladding products Regulated

Liability for historical cladding product defectsAny Person

s.150 Liability relating to construction products: limitation in England and Wales

s.151 Liability relating to construction products: limitation in Scotland

s.152 Costs contribution orders: general definitions

s.153 Costs contribution orders made by courts

s.154 Costs contribution orders made by the Secretary of State

s.155 Costs contribution orders: assessments

amended 6 times (opens in a new tab)

s.156 Amendment of Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

s.157 Architects: discipline and continuing professional development

s.158 Architects: Appeals Committee

s.159 Architects Registration Board: fees and discharge of functions by a committee

s.160 Housing complaints made to a housing ombudsman

Part 6

General

11 of 11 sections shown

s.161 Liability of officers of body corporate etc Imprisonment

Officer liable for corporate building‑safety offenceDirector or Officer
Personal liability for directors and officers for building safety breachesDirector or Officer

2 years imprisonment · amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.162 Review of regulatory regime

s.163 Financial provisions

s.164 Crown application

s.165 Application to Parliament

s.166 Power of Secretary of State to make consequential provision

s.167 Power of Welsh Ministers to make consequential provision

s.168 Regulations

s.169 Extent

s.170 Commencement and transitional provision

s.171 Short title