Building Safety Act 2022

1Overview of ActU.K.

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(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)