Building Safety (Registration of Higher-Risk Buildings) Regulations 2023
What this means for your business
- Enforced by
- BSR
- Applies to
- United Kingdom
- On this page
- 9 compliance obligations, 3 practical guides
What you must do
9 compliance obligations under this legislation.
Management duties 1
Keep Building Safety Register information up‑to‑date and request removal when appropriate
If you are the accountable person for a higher‑risk building, you must tell the regulator about any changes to the building’s registration details, certificates or special‑measures orders within 14 days of becoming aware of them. You also have to ask the regulator to remove the building from the register when you believe it will no longer be occupied or will no longer be a higher‑risk building.
Registration and licensing 5
Provide AP contact details for a single‑person accountable building
If your higher‑risk building has only one Accountable Person (AP), you must give the regulator their name, a service address in England or Wales, an email address and a telephone number. These details become part of the building’s registration record.
Provide full details of each accountable person for a higher‑risk building
If your higher‑risk building has more than one accountable person (AP), you must tell the regulator who the primary AP is, which part of the building each AP looks after, and give each AP’s name, service address, email and phone number. This information has to be supplied when you register the building.
Provide required information for higher‑risk building register
If your business owns or occupies a higher‑risk building, you must make sure the Building Safety Register contains the required details – the basic registration data, any copy of a certificate under regulation 18(1)(d), the date the building assessment certificate was issued, and, where it applies, the date any special measures order was made or ended. In practice this means supplying and keeping up‑to‑date those documents and dates with the regulator.
Specify the PAP’s organisational type on building registration
If your organisation is the Principal Accountable Person (PAP) for a higher‑risk building and you are not an individual, you must tell the regulator what kind of entity you are – e.g., a local authority, a registered social‑housing provider, a commonhold association, a resident‑management company, a right‑to‑manage company, or provide a description if none of those fit. This information is required as part of your building safety registration.
Submit a registration application for each higher‑risk building
If you own or are responsible for a building that meets the definition of a higher‑risk building, you must apply to have it registered. The application has to include all the information set out in regulations 11‑19 and any extra documents required by regulation 18(1)(d). Failing to submit a proper application means your building will not be registered and you could breach the Building Safety Act.
Reporting and filing 3
Provide building‑control certificate details for pre‑start‑date buildings
If you are the accountable person for a higher‑risk building that was finished before the regulatory start‑date, you must tell the regulator the date the building certificate was issued, its reference number, and which building‑control body issued it. If you don’t have any of that information, you must explain what you have done to try and get it.
Request removal of a building from the higher‑risk register
If you are the Principal Accountable Person (PAP) for a building and you decide the building will not be occupied or will not qualify as a higher‑risk building, you must ask the regulator to delete it from the register. Your request must contain your contact details, why you think the building no longer meets the criteria, and confirmation that any other accountable persons have been sent a copy.
Update regulator with any changes to building registration information
If you are the accountable person for a higher‑risk building, you must inform the regulator of any changes to the details you originally registered and send any newer required certificates. This must be done within 14 days of becoming aware of the change.
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
Appoint an Accountable Person for a higher-risk building
How to identify, appoint, and document the Accountable Person for a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022. Covers …
Principal Accountable Person additional duties
Additional duties for Principal Accountable Persons managing higher-risk buildings with multiple accountable persons. Covers coordination responsibilities, building registration, safety case …
Register a higher-risk building with BSR
Step-by-step guide to registering a higher-risk building with the Building Safety Regulator. Covers who must register, information requirements, fees, deadlines, …
Sections and provisions
23 classified provisions from this legislation.
Duties 11
- s.3 Content
- s.4 Updating information change
- s.5 The Register of Higher-Risk Buildings change
- s.7 Request of PAP to remove a building entry
- s.8 Notice of removal of building entry
- s.9 Duty-holders
- s.10 Applications for registration
- s.11 AP details where there is one AP for the building
- s.12 AP details where there is more than one AP for the building
- s.13 PAP organisation type
- s.17 Building control: for a building completed before start date