The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 No. 909

PART 4 Golden thread, mandatory occurrence reporting, information handover etc

Mandatory occurrence reporting: client duty on appointment of principal contractor or principal designer

37.  Where, in relation to HRB work, a stage of HRB work or work to existing HRB, the client appoints a principal contractor (or sole contractor) or principal designer (or sole or lead designer), then the client must take all reasonable steps to satisfy itself that the person appointed is able to fulfil the requirements in regulations 32 (mandatory occurrence reporting system) and 33 (mandatory occurrence reporting: reporting to the regulator).