Welsh Statutory Instrument
2025
Wales
The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025
At a glance
What's here
25 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Client 19
- Director or Officer 2
- Contractor 1
Plus 3 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Clients also bound by 65 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 2015 32 duties
- Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 2023 17 duties
- Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 2012 14 duties
- Building Regulations 2010 2010 12 duties
- Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 2004 11 duties
Directors and Officers also bound by 425 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 161 duties
- Companies Act 2006 2006 108 duties
- Insolvency Act 1986 1986 72 duties
- The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 2008 55 duties
- The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018 2018 26 duties
Contractors also bound by 178 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 2015 137 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 2015 134 duties
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 2015 114 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 2023 93 duties
- The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 2004 87 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 — Preliminary
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Interpretation
Part 2 — Building Control Approval
Building control approval for HRB work or stage of HRB work
- Obtain building control approval and notify before starting higher-risk building work Client
Building control approval applications for HRB work or stage of HRB work: decisions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Building control authority must decide HRB applications or reject with reasons Local authority
Notice before starting on site and further notice when work is “commenced”
- Give start notices and commencement notices for HRB work Client
Notification of emergency repairs to existing HRB
- Notify building control and regularise emergency repairs to HRBs Client
Building control approval for work to existing HRB
- Obtain building control approval before starting work on existing higher-risk buildings Client
Building control approval applications for work to existing HRB: decisions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Building control authority must decide HRB work applications within statutory timeframe and notify you Local authority
Notice before starting on site and further notice when work is “commenced”
- Notify building control authority before starting work and when work commences Client
Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Building control approval applications for HRB work or stage of HRB work
Building control approval applications for HRB work or stage of HRB work: time limit
Building control approval applications for HRB work or stage of HRB work: consultation
Building control authority’s power to require notifications etc. for HRB work or stage of HRB work
Building control approval applications for work to existing HRB
Building control approval applications for work to existing HRB: time limit
Building control approval applications for work to existing HRB: consultation
Building control authority’s power to require notifications for work to existing HRB
Part 3 — Changes before or during construction
Change control
- Follow change control procedures for higher-risk building work Client
Change control: record-keeping
- Keep a change control log for higher-risk building projects Director or Officer
Change control: notification requirements
- Notify building control authority of proposed controlled changes to higher-risk buildings Client
Change control applications
- Submit a change control application for higher-risk building changes Client
Change control applications: decisions
- Halt work at specified point until authority approves plan if condition imposed Client
Insolvency etc. of the client: notifications
- Notify building control authority if client becomes insolvent or enters insolvency proceedings Client
New principal contractor or principal designer etc: notification
- Notify building control authority and update records when changing principal contractor or designer Client
Variation of a requirement imposed on a building control approval
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Building control authority must decide variation requests within 20 working days Local authority
Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Change control applications: time limit
Change control applications: consultation
Change control: the building control authority’s power to specify notifiable changes and major changes
Change control: major changes and notifiable changes
New client etc.
Part 4 — Golden thread, mandatory reporting, information handover etc.
Golden thread
- Create and maintain an electronic 'golden thread' facility for higher-risk building work in Wales Client
Mandatory occurrence reporting system
- Establish a mandatory occurrence reporting system for safety occurrences Director or Officer
Mandatory occurrence reporting: client duty on appointment of principal contractor or principal designer
- Check competence of principal contractor and principal designer at appointment Client
Information to be provided where work is scheme work
- Provide fire safety and other information to client and responsible person on completion of scheme work Contractor
Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Mandatory occurrence reporting: reporting to the building control authority
Mandatory occurrence reporting: defences
Mandatory occurrence reporting: definitions
Handover of information on completion etc.
Part 5 — Completion certificates
Completion certificate applications: decisions
- Send completed documents and completion certificate to the responsible person Client
Partial completion certificates
- Apply for partial completion certificate before early occupation Client
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Completion certificate applications
Completion certificate applications: time limit
Completion certificate applications: consultation
Completion certificate applications: inspection
Part 6 — Inspections etc., regularisation, review of decisions, appeals and section 30A procedures etc.
Browse 11 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Inspections etc.
Regularisation of unauthorised building work
Appeal of decisions
Appeal in relation to Welsh Ministers’ decision
Section 30A prescribed applications
Section 30A applications: procedure
Section 30A applications: electronic submissions
Section 30A applications: determinations
Section 30A applications: appointed persons
Deemed rejection of the original application
Section 30A applications: appeals
Part 7 — Miscellaneous
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Exempt work
Contraventions by the building control authority not to be subject to enforcement
Provisions in relation to which a stop notice may be given
Transitional provisions
Schedules
Competence declaration
- Submit competence declarations for all key project roles when applying for building control approval Client
Construction control plan
- Create a construction control plan for higher-risk building work Client
Change control plan
- Prepare a change control plan for higher-risk building projects Client
Building Regulations compliance statement
- Prepare a Building Regulations compliance statement for higher-risk buildings Client
Browse 7 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Fire and emergency file
Partial completion strategy
Work consisting of— (a) in relation to an existing fixed...
Installation of thermal insulation to suspended timber floors where—
For the purposes of this Schedule— “fixed building service” (“gwasanaeth...
Transitional provisions in relation to plans deposited or initial notices given before 1 July 2026
Interpretation
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