The Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023

Application for membership following invitation

14.—(1) In this regulation––

(a) “F” is a person invited to apply to become a member of the scheme in accordance with regulation 13(2) or (4);

(b) “G” is a person invited to apply to become a member of the scheme in accordance with regulation 13(5)(a);

(c) “H” is a person invited to apply to become a member of the scheme in accordance with regulation 13(5)(b), or, for the purposes of paragraph (3), is the person who would have been invited to join the scheme under regulation 13(5)(b) if notice had not been dispensed with under regulation 13(6).

(2) F must, within 60 days beginning with the date of the notice given under regulation 13(2) or (4), unless that period is extended under paragraph (12)—

(a) enter into a Self Remediation Contract (if they have not already done so) and submit an application for membership to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (11); or

(b) give notice to the Secretary of State that neither F nor any body corporate in the same group as F is eligible to join the scheme and evidence to support that view must accompany that notice;

and if F does not do so, then with effect from the date that period expires—

(i) F will be treated as a person who is eligible to join the scheme but has not joined, and

(ii) the name of F and the names of persons controlled by F must be included on the prohibitions list.

(3) Where the notice to the person in regulation 13(5)(b) is dispensed with in accordance with regulation 13(6), G must, within 60 days beginning with the date of the notice given under regulation 13(5)(a), unless that period is extended under paragraph (12), submit an application for membership to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (11) and if G does not do so then with effect from the date that period expires—

(a) H will be treated as a person who is eligible to join the scheme but has not joined, and

(b) the name of H and the names of persons controlled by H must be included on the prohibitions list.

(4) Where the notice to the person in regulation 13(5)(b) is not dispensed with in accordance with regulation 13(6), within 60 days beginning with the date of the notices given under regulation 13(5), unless that period is extended under paragraph (12)—

(a) either––

(i) G must submit an application for membership to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (11); or

(ii) H must enter into a Self Remediation Contract (if they have not already done so) and submit an application for membership to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (11); or

(b) both G and H must give notice to the Secretary of State that neither H nor any body corporate in the same group as them is eligible to join the scheme and evidence supporting that view must accompany that notice;

and if G and H do not do so, then with effect from the date that period expires—

(i) H will be treated as a person who is eligible to join the scheme but has not joined, and

(ii) the name of H and the names of persons controlled by H must be included on the prohibitions list.

(5) Where the Secretary of State receives notice under paragraph (2)(b) or (4)(b), the Secretary of State must determine––

(a) in the case of a notice under paragraph (2)(b), whether F or, where relevant, any other body corporate in the same group as F, is eligible to join the scheme;

(b) in the case of a notice under paragraph (4)(b), whether H or, where relevant, any other body corporate in the same group as H is eligible to join the scheme.

(6) The Secretary of State may request that the person giving the notice under paragraph (2)(b) or (4)(b), or any body corporate in the same group as that person, provide any further information which the Secretary of State requires to make a determination under paragraph (5). A request under this paragraph must—

(a) be by notice in writing;

(b) specify the further information which the Secretary of State requires; and

(c) specify a time by which the information must be provided.

(7) If a person requested to provide information under paragraph (6) does not provide the specified information within the period specified in the notice, the determination under paragraph (5) must be treated as a determination that F or H, as applicable, is eligible and paragraph (8) will apply.

(8) Where––

(a) following the giving of a notice under paragraph (2)(b), the Secretary of State determines that F is eligible to join the scheme (including where paragraph (7) applies)––

(i) the Secretary of State must give notice in writing to F of that determination, and

(ii) to join the scheme, F must enter into a Self Remediation Contract (if they have not already done so) and submit an application for membership in accordance with paragraph (11) within 30 days beginning with the date of the notice of the determination, unless that period is extended under paragraph (12);

(b) following the giving of a notice under paragraph (4)(b), the Secretary of State determines that H is eligible to join the scheme (including where paragraph (7) applies)—

(i) the Secretary of State must give notice in writing to H of that determination (and may give notice to G of the determination), and

(ii) to join the scheme, H must enter into a Self Remediation Contract (if they have not already done so) and submit an application for membership in accordance with paragraph (11) within 30 days beginning with the date of the notice of the determination, unless that period is extended under paragraph (12).

(9) Where the Secretary of State determines that F or, where applicable, H, is not eligible to join the scheme, but that a different body corporate in the same group is eligible (“the eligible body corporate”), the Secretary of State must—

(a) direct that the eligible body corporate is for the time being to be invited to apply to become a member of the scheme, and

(b) give notice of his determination to the eligible body corporate,

and the eligible body corporate must enter into a Self Remediation Contract (if they have not already done so) and submit an application for membership in accordance with paragraph (11), within 30 days beginning with the date of the notice of the determination unless that period is extended under paragraph (12).

(10) The notice given under paragraph (9) must contain a statement that unless the eligible body corporate takes the action provided for in that paragraph, the Secretary of State must include the name of the eligible body corporate, and the names of persons controlled by the eligible body corporate, on the prohibitions list.

(11) An application for membership must—

(a) be made in writing,

(b) set out the date on which the applicant entered into a Self Remediation Contract, and

(c) contain such other information as the Secretary of State may direct.

(12) The Secretary of State may extend any time period specified in this regulation whether or not the Secretary of State receives a request to do so, save that the Secretary of State may not extend any time period after it has already expired.