(1)The First-tier Tribunal may, on the application of an interested person, make a remediation contribution order in relation to a relevant building if it considers it just and equitable to do so.
(2)“Remediation contribution order”, in relation to a relevant building, means an order requiring a specified body corporate or partnership to make payments to a specified person, for the purpose of meeting costs incurred or to be incurred in remedying relevant defects (or specified relevant defects) relating to the relevant building.
(3)A body corporate or partnership may be specified only if it is—
(a)a landlord under a lease of the relevant building or any part of it,
(b)a person who was such a landlord at the qualifying time,
(c)a developer in relation to the relevant building, or
(d)a person associated with a person within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).
(4)An order may—
(a)require the making of payments of a specified amount, or payments of a reasonable amount in respect of the remediation of specified relevant defects (or in respect of specified things done or to be done for the purpose of remedying relevant defects);
(b)require a payment to be made at a specified time, or to be made on demand following the occurrence of a specified event.
(5)In this section—
“associated”: see section 121;
“developer”, in relation to a relevant building, means a person who undertook or commissioned the construction or conversion of the building (or part of the building) with a view to granting or disposing of interests in the building or parts of it;
“interested person”, in relation to a relevant building, means—
the Secretary of State,
the regulator (as defined by section 2),
a local authority (as defined by section 30) for the area in which the relevant building is situated,
a fire and rescue authority (as defined by section 30) for the area in which the relevant building is situated,
a person with a legal or equitable interest in the relevant building or any part of it, or
any other person prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
“partnership” has the meaning given by section 121;
“relevant building”: see section 117;
“relevant defect”: see section 120;
“specified” means specified in the order.
(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that this section applies, with or without modifications, in relation to a building that would, but for section 117(3), be a relevant building.