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(1)This Part contains provisions about the management of building safety risks as regards occupied higher-risk buildings.
(2)In this Part—
(a)sections 62 to 64 define “building safety risk” and make related provision;
(b)sections 65 to 70 define “higher-risk building”, make related provision, and confer power to modify this Part as it applies in relation to any description of higher-risk building;
(c)sections 71 to 75 contain other key definitions, including—
(i)when a building is “occupied”;
(ii)the definition of “accountable person” and “principal accountable person”;
and provide that the First-tier Tribunal may determine who is an accountable person or the principal accountable person for a higher-risk building;
(d)sections 76 to 82 make provision about the registration of higher-risk buildings and about building assessment certificates;
(e)sections 83 to 86 make provision about the assessment and management of building safety risks, including provision requiring a safety case report to be prepared and revised;
(f)sections 87 to 90 contain provisions about the keeping and giving of information and documents to the regulator, other accountable persons, residents and others;
(g)sections 91 to 94 contain provisions about engagement with residents etc, including—
(i)provision requiring a residents’ engagement strategy to be prepared and revised;
(ii)provision requiring complaints systems to be established and operated;
(h)sections 95 to 97 impose duties on residents and make provision for the enforcement of those duties;
(i)section 98 to 101 contain provisions about the enforcement of this Part;
(j)section 102 and Schedule 7 provide for the appointment of a special measures manager, to undertake duties under this Part in place of an accountable person, and make further provision in connection with that appointment;
(k)sections 103 to 107 contain provisions about appeals;
(l)sections 108 to 111 contain miscellaneous provisions, including provision about cooperation and coordination;
(m)sections 112 to 114 provide for certain terms to be implied into leases, and contain other provisions affecting the relationship between landlord and tenant or affecting commonholds;
(n)section 115 contains definitions applying for the purposes of this Part.
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