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Section 4: Duty to facilitate building safety: higher-risk buildings

Building Safety Act 2022 · 2022 c. 30View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: The regulator and its functions

The regulator must provide such assistance and encouragement to relevant persons as it considers appropriate with a view to facilitating their securing the safety of people in or about higher-risk buildings in relation to building safety risks as regards those buildings.

The assistance and encouragement that must be provided under subsection (1) includes, in particular, assistance and encouragement with a view to facilitating securing the safety of disabled people in or about higher-risk buildings in relation to building safety risks as regards those buildings.

For this purpose "relevant persons" means—

residents of higher-risk buildings within the meaning of Part 4,
owners of residential units in such buildings,
persons who are accountable persons within the meaning of Part 4, and
persons upon whom duties are imposed by virtue of paragraph 5B of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984 (dutyholders).

In subsections (1) and (2)—

  • "building safety risk" has the meaning given by section 62;

  • "disabled": see section 30;

  • "higher-risk building" means—a higher-risk building within the meaning of Part 4 (see section 65), ora higher-risk building within the meaning of the Building Act 1984.

Parts 3 and 4 confer further functions on the regulator in relation to higher-risk buildings.

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