Part 4Higher-risk buildings
Duties relating to building safety risks
I1I284Management of building safety risks
1
An accountable person for an occupied higher-risk building must take all reasonable steps for the following purposes—
a
preventing a building safety risk materialising as regards the part of the building for which they are responsible;
b
reducing the severity of any incident resulting from such a risk materialising.
2
Those steps may in particular involve the accountable person carrying out works to the part of the building for which they are responsible.
3
When taking the steps the accountable person must act in accordance with prescribed principles.
4
The steps must be taken promptly.
5
The accountable person must make and give effect to arrangements for the purpose of ensuring the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of steps taken under this section.