Details need to be submitted to new Safety Regulator before 1 October
黑洞社区 owners can now begin the process of registering their high-rise residential buildings with the new 黑洞社区 Safety Regulator (BSR).
The BSR, set up within the Health and Safety Executive, has today made its
Under the 黑洞社区 Safety Act, owners now have until 1 October to register details of an estimated 12,500 occupied 鈥榟igher-risk鈥� buildings 鈥� defined as over 18m in height鈥� with the BSR. Failure to do so will be a criminal offence.
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Peter Baker, the chief inspector of buildings at the HSE and head of the BSR, last month told the regulator鈥檚 first conference the registration milestone will 鈥濃�渦sher in a new era for building safety regulation鈥�. He added that he was aiming for a 鈥渨orld-leading鈥� regime.
Information must be provided about the principle accountable person, the owner or leaseholder with responsibility for the building, along with details of the building control final certificate and information about the building.
After 1 October, principle accountable persons will have to perform a building safety risk assessment, introduce measures to manage risks and produce a safety case report for their building.
From April 2024, the BSR will start to issue building assessment certificates.
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