Building Safety Act 2022

80 Applications for building assessment certificates E+W

(1) An application under section 79 must be accompanied by—

(a) a copy of the most recent safety case report for the building unless a copy of that report has been provided under section 86(2);

(b) prescribed information about the mandatory occurrence reporting system operated by the principal accountable person;

(c) prescribed information demonstrating compliance by each accountable person for the building with their duties under section 89;

(d) a copy of any residents’ engagement strategy.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about applications under section 79, including in particular provision about—

(a) the form and content of an application;

(b) the way in which an application, and anything which is to accompany it, is to be given;

(c) the circumstances in which an application may be withdrawn or treated as withdrawn;

(d) the way in which an application may be withdrawn.

(3) In this section—

• “mandatory occurrence reporting system” has the same meaning as in section 87;

• “residents’ engagement strategy” has the same meaning as in section 91;

• “safety case report”  has the same meaning as in section 85.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 80 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 170(2)(a)

I2 S. 80 in force at 16.1.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/40, reg. 2(b)