Part 1U.K.Introduction
1Overview of ActU.K.
(1)This Act has 6 Parts, and contains provisions intended to secure the safety of people in or about buildings and to improve the standard of buildings.
(2)Part 2 contains provision about the building safety regulator and its functions in relation to buildings in England.
(3)Part 3 amends the Building Act 1984.
(4)Amendments made by Part 3—
(a)provide that the regulator is the building control authority in relation to higher-risk buildings in England, and
(b)require the regulator (for England) and the Welsh Ministers (for Wales) to establish and maintain registers of building control approvers and building inspectors.
(5)Part 4 is about occupied higher-risk buildings in England, and imposes duties on accountable persons.
(6)Part 5 contains further provisions, including—
(a)provisions about remediation and redress;
(b)provision requiring a new homes ombudsman scheme to be established;
(c)powers to make provision about construction products;
(d)further provision about fire safety;
(e)provision about the regulation of architects;
(f)provision about housing complaints.
(7)Part 6 contains general provisions.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 170(1)(a)