Building Safety Act 2022

10Committee on industry competence

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(1)The regulator must exercise its powers under section 11A(3) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to establish and maintain a committee concerned with the competence of persons in the built environment industry (“industry competence”), with the following functions (and any other function that the regulator considers appropriate).

(2)The functions are—

(a)monitoring industry competence;

(b)advising the regulator in relation to industry competence;

(c)advising persons in the built environment industry in relation to industry competence;

(d)facilitating persons in the built environment industry to improve industry competence;

(e)providing guidance to the public (or a section of the public) about ways of assessing the competence of persons in the built environment industry;

(f)carrying out analysis and research in connection with a function mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (e).