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The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc) (England) Regulations 2023

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Safety case reports

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5.—(1) A PAP must include the following information in a safety case report(1)—

(a)the registration number given to the building on the register;

(b)a brief description of the building and its wider environment;

(c)a description of the possible scenarios of building safety risks that have been identified by each AP through the risk assessment process under section 83 of the 2022 Act, the likelihood of those risks materialising and the assessment of the likely consequences if they do materialise;

(d)a description of how the steps taken by each AP demonstrate compliance with the obligations under section 84 of the 2022 Act;

(e)a description summarising the system for managing safety for the building including but not limited to details of—

(i)how safety measures are tested and maintained,

(ii)the policies and procedures in place for managing works to the building, including for assuring the competence of designers and contractors appointed, quality of materials used and assessment and management of building safety risks whilst works are in progress;

(f)a description of emergency plans in place for the building including but not limited to—

(i)a description of equipment in place to allow emergency services to respond to an emergency,

(ii)details of the information provided to emergency services to support their emergency response planning,

(iii)a description of the expectation with regard to residents and how they are to respond to emergency situations.

(2) The safety case report must be kept in electronic form.

(3) A notification to the regulator under section 86(1) of the 2022 Act of a revised safety case report must include—

(a)an overview of the main revisions to the safety case report; and

(b)an explanation why the revision has been made.

(4) The regulator may make a direction as to the way in which a safety case report or a notification under section 86(1) of the 2022 Act is to be given, which may include a requirement to give the report or notification via a website address provided for that purpose by the regulator.

(5) The regulator must publish a direction under paragraph (4) on its website and make it available for inspection at its principal offices during normal office hours.

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See section 85(1) of the 2022 Act for the definition of “safety case report”.

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