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(1)An accountable person for an occupied higher-risk building must, in prescribed circumstances, give prescribed information to the regulator by the prescribed time and in the specified way.
(2)The information that may be prescribed is information that relates to a building safety risk as regards the part of the building for which an accountable person is responsible.
(3)In subsection (1) “specified” means specified in a direction given and published by the regulator.
(4)A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(5)The principal accountable person for an occupied higher-risk building must establish and operate an effective mandatory occurrence reporting system which complies with prescribed requirements.
(6)A “mandatory occurrence reporting system” is a system for the giving of information to accountable persons for the building for the purpose of enabling them to comply with subsection (1).
(7)Information provided by a person under subsection (1) is not admissible in evidence against that person in criminal proceedings except—
(a)in proceedings for an offence under section 24 or this section,
(b)in proceedings for an offence of perverting the course of justice, or
(c)if in the proceedings—
(i)in giving evidence the person makes a statement inconsistent with the information, and
(ii)evidence as to the information that was provided is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, by or on behalf of the person.
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