Building Safety Act 2022

116 Remediation of certain defects E+W

(1) Sections 117 to 125 and Schedule 8 make provision in connection with the remediation of relevant defects in relevant buildings.

(2) In those sections—

(a) sections 117 to 121 define “relevant building”, “qualifying lease”, “the qualifying time”, “relevant defect” and “associate”;

(b) section 122 and Schedule 8 contain protections for tenants in respect of costs connected with relevant defects, and impose liabilities on certain landlords;

(c) section 123 makes provision about remediation orders, under which a landlord in a relevant building is required to remedy certain relevant defects;

(d) section 124 makes provision about remediation contribution orders, under which an associate of a landlord in a relevant building is required to contribute towards the costs of remedying certain relevant defects;

(e) section 125 makes provision about cases where a company that is a landlord in a relevant building is being wound up, and confers on the court powers in respect of persons associated with the company.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 116 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 170(3)(a)