UK Statutory Instrument 2023 United Kingdom

The Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023

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7 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

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  • Any Person 5

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What this Act requires

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Part 1 — Introduction

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s.001

Citation, commencement, extent and application

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Relevant buildings

s.004

Notices

Part 2 — The Responsible Actors Scheme

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s.005

Establishment of scheme

s.006

Eligibility: general

s.007

Eligibility: residential property developers

s.008

Eligibility: buildings eligible for remediation funds

s.009

Voluntary eligibility

s.010

Residential property development

s.011

Profit condition

s.012

Eligibility: avoidance

s.013

Invitation by the Secretary of State to apply for membership

s.014

Application for membership following invitation

s.015

Request for an invitation to apply for membership

s.016

Applications for volunteers

s.017

Late application for membership

s.018

Application following revocation of membership

s.019

Determination of applications

s.020

Publication of list of members, prohibitions list and other lists

s.021

Self Remediation Terms

s.022

Provision of information to the Secretary of State

s.023

Membership conditions: avoidance

s.024

Grounds for revocation of membership

s.025

Warning of revocation of membership

s.026

Procedure for revocation of membership

s.027

Ending membership otherwise than by revocation

Part 3 — Planning and Building Control Prohibitions

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s.028

Application of prohibitions

s.029

Planning prohibition

s.030

Notice of prohibition

s.031

Exception for critical national infrastructure

s.032

Transitional provision

s.033

Building control prohibitions

s.034

Exception to building control prohibition: emergency repair work

s.034

Exception to building control prohibition: emergency repair work to existing HRB

s.035

Exception to building control prohibition: work to occupied buildings

s.036

Exception to building control prohibition: purchasers

s.037

Exception to building control prohibitions and modification of the Building Regulations 2010: regularisation

s.038

Exception for critical national infrastructure

s.039

Effect of things done in contravention of these Regulations

s.040

Transitional provision

s.041

Application of Part 7 (Enforcement) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

s.042

Exception: disapplication of the prohibitions to certain persons not in the building industry

Part 4 — Review

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s.043

Review

Other sections — not classified into a Part

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s.019

Determination of applications

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must process Building Safety Scheme applications Crown / Minister / Government department
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s.exception to building control prohibition: emergen

Exception to building control prohibition: emergency repair work to existing HRB

s.modifications to the town and country planning act

Modifications to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

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