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UK Statutory Instrument
2025
United Kingdom
The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025
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What's here
22 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides · 4 journeys
Who this Act binds
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Plus 17 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Relevant guidance
Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.
Supporting — topic alignment
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- Building Regulations 2010 2010 10 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — INTRODUCTORY
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Part 2 — BUILDING SAFETY LEVY: GENERAL PROVISION
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Part 3 — KEY CONCEPTS
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“Building control application”
“Major residential development” etc
“Residential building” and “relevant residential building”
“Ordinary residential dwelling”
“Purpose-built student accommodation” etc
“Residential floorspace”
“Communal space for residents”
“Gross internal area”
Exempt person: non-profit registered providers of social housing
Commencement of building work
Part 4 — CHARGE TO THE LEVY
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Part 5 — LIABILITY TO PAY THE LEVY
Liability of named client to pay the levy
- Pay the building safety levy for chargeable applications Client
Levy due date
- Pay the Building Safety Levy by the due date Client
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“Named client”
Part 6 — PROVISION OF LEVY INFORMATION
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: information to be provided with initial notices etc
- Provide building safety levy information with building control notices Client
Provision of application information by the regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulator must share building safety levy details with collection authorities Statutory regulator
Provision of commencement of building work information by the regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulator must notify collecting authority of building commencement and appeals Statutory regulator
Provision of new named client information by the regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- The building safety regulator must notify the levy collector of client changes Statutory regulator
Provision of confirmation by collecting authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must notify the regulator upon receipt of levy evidence Local authority
Applications under section 30A of the 1984 Act: rejection of higher-risk building application
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must notify the levy authority of rejected building applications Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: general
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: requirement in relation to building safety levy information
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: building safety levy information
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: notices etc
Amendment of HRB Regulations: general
Amendment of HRB Regulations: building safety levy information etc
Part 7 — DETERMINATION OF LEVY LIABILITY
“Levy liability notice”
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must issue a detailed levy liability notice Local authority
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Part 8 — VARIATION OF BUILDING CONTROL APPLICATIONS
Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Variation applications
Effect of a variation application
Cancellation and reinstatement of levy determination notices
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: information to be provided with amendment notices
Amendment of HRB Regulations: information to be provided with change control applications
Part 9 — LEVY INFORMATION SPOT CHECKS AND LEVY UPDATES
Requirement to notify named client of levy information spot check
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authority must notify you when starting a levy information spot check Local authority
Further information and notice of outcome
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authority must provide notice of building safety levy spot check outcome Local authority
Inaccurate building safety levy information
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must identify inaccurate levy info and substitutions Local authority
Procedure and outcome for levy updates
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must process levy updates within specific timelines Local authority
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Part 10 — LEVY PAYMENT AND COMPLETION OF WORKS
Requirements in relation to levy payment certificates
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must issue levy payment certificates within 2 weeks Local authority
Content of levy payment certificate
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must issue a detailed levy payment certificate Local authority
Provision of information by the named client and by the collecting authority in relation to completion applications
- Submit levy information when applying for building completion certificates Client
Rejection of applications by the Secretary of State
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must reject completion applications without levy approval Crown / Minister / Government department
Refund of levy payments: conditions E to K
- Apply for a Building Safety Levy refund if project circumstances change Client
Refunds: levy liability amount, levy liability notices and levy payment certificates
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must process building safety levy refunds within set windows Local authority
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: completion notice
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: withholding a completion certificate
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: compliance declarations
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: rejecting final certificate
Amendment of HRB Regulations: completion certificate applications
Amendment of HRB Regulations: rejecting completion certificate applications
Refund of levy payments: conditions A to D
Part 11 — PAYMENT OF RECEIPTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Provision of payment information to the Secretary of State
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authorities must provide quarterly levy returns to the Secretary of State Local authority
Reimbursement by the Secretary of State
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must reimburse collecting authority deficits Crown / Minister / Government department
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Part 12 — DECISIONS OF COLLECTING AUTHORITY: REVIEWS AND APPEALS
Carrying out a review
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Collecting authority must review levy decisions within 28 days Local authority
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Part 13 — SECRETARY OF STATE REVIEW OF REGULATIONS
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Schedules
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Exempt buildings
Exempt buildings: general
School accommodation
Care homes
Secure residential institutions
Hospitals
Accommodation for victims of domestic abuse
Children’s homes, residential family centres and supported accommodation for children
Temporary accommodation for homeless people
Ordinary residential dwellings: exemptions
“Social housing”: general
Condition 1
Condition 2
Condition 3
Condition 4
Definitions
Supported housing
(1) “Exempt accommodation” means— (a) school accommodation,
Area Rates
Named client
Named client in relation to building control applications with full plans or related updated application
Named client in relation to initial notice or related updated application
Named client in relation to higher-risk building application or related updated application
RBCA Regulations: substituted forms
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.
Browse 74 other unclassified sections
Citation, commencement, extent and application
Interpretation
Building safety levy
Designation of collecting authorities
“Building control application”
“Major residential development” etc
“Residential building” and “relevant residential building”
“Ordinary residential dwelling”
“Purpose-built student accommodation” etc
“Residential floorspace”
“Communal space for residents”
“Gross internal area”
Exempt person: non-profit registered providers of social housing
Commencement of building work
Charge to building safety levy
Amount charged
Chargeable accommodation floorspace
Chargeable amount of communal floorspace: general
Chargeable amount of communal floorspace: “relevant percentage”
Applicable area rate
Previously developed sites
Liability of named client to pay the levy
“Named client”
Levy due date
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: general
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: requirement in relation to building safety levy information
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: building safety levy information
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: notices etc
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: information to be provided with initial notices etc
Amendment of HRB Regulations: general
Amendment of HRB Regulations: building safety levy information etc
Provision of application information by the regulator
Provision of commencement of building work information by the regulator
Provision of new named client information by the regulator
Provision of confirmation by collecting authority
Applications under section 30A of the 1984 Act: rejection of higher-risk building application
Collecting authority: determination of levy liability amount
“Determination period”
“Levy liability notice”
“Notice of no charge”
Variation applications
Effect of a variation application
Cancellation and reinstatement of levy determination notices
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: information to be provided with amendment notices
Amendment of HRB Regulations: information to be provided with change control applications
“Levy information spot check”
Requirement to carry out levy information spot checks: Category 1
Requirement to carry out levy information spot checks: Category 2
Requirement to notify named client of levy information spot check
Further information and notice of outcome
Inaccurate building safety levy information
Levy update notices
Procedure and outcome for levy updates
Request for revised levy determination
Requirements in relation to levy payment certificates
Content of levy payment certificate
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: completion notice
Amendment of 2010 Regulations: withholding a completion certificate
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: compliance declarations
Amendment of RBCA Regulations: rejecting final certificate
Amendment of HRB Regulations: completion certificate applications
Amendment of HRB Regulations: rejecting completion certificate applications
Provision of information by the named client and by the collecting authority in relation to completion applications
Rejection of applications by the Secretary of State
Refund of levy payments: conditions A to D
Refund of levy payments: conditions E to K
Refunds: levy liability amount, levy liability notices and levy payment certificates
Provision of payment information to the Secretary of State
Payment and deduction of administrative expenses
Reimbursement by the Secretary of State
Request for a review
Carrying out a review
Appeal against decision on a review
Secretary of State review of building safety levy
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