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  • TPI HSE webinar (24th January) ‘Building Safety Regulator TPI Member Q&A Session – Occupied Buildings'

    This webinar was about occupied residential buildings that meet the definition in Part 4 of the Building Safety Act and was delivered by Andrew Saunders and Josh Paulin of the BSR. The webinar kicked off with the latest updates from the HSE before recapping the basics of Part 4 of the Building Safety Act. It then covered an overview of dutyholders and their duties before the presenters discussed building registration, safety case reports, Accountable Persons and proportionality. The requirements of resident engagement were then explained before member questions were answered.

    View the webinar and resources here.

    • Building Safety Act

  • Building Safety Levy: Technical Consultation

    This consultation seeks views on the design and implementation of the building safety levy, which will apply to certain new residential buildings requiring building control approval in England.

    The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced powers to impose a levy on certain new residential buildings in England, to raise revenue to be spent on building safety.

    ​The government carried out a consultation on the levy which closed on 7 February 2023. The results of that consultation have been published online. Feedback from that consultation was used to develop the proposals outlined in this consultation, which provides a greater level of detail on the operation of the levy. This consultation covers:

    ·        ​methodology for levy calculation

    ·        ​the collection process

    ·        ​disputes and appeals

    ·        ​further exclusions

    This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 20 February 2024 

    Access it here.

    • Building Safety Act
    • Consultation & Government Responses

  • New Guidance for Resident Engagement Strategy

    HSE has published step-by-step guidance on how Principal Accountable Person's and those supporting them, should to approach the Resident Engagement Strategy. A range of case studies is also available to help others gain insight on good practice in resident engagement. 

    The guidance document sets out key considerations and principles to help the Building Safety Regulator
    (BSR), Principal Accountable Persons (PAPs) and Accountable Person (APs) engage effectively
    with residents.
    It is based on research with a wide cross-section of residents.

    Access the guidance here

     

    • Building Safety Regulator
    • Resident Engagement

  • New process guide for residents applying to the Building Safety Fund

    The Government has published a guide for residents on the Building Safety Fund (BSF).

    The BSF provides funding to fix life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres high, and the new process guide outlines the main stages in the BSF process. It also provides indicative timeframes for each stage, from application to works completed. 

    Read the BSF guide which explains the process here

     

    • Building Remediation
    • Building Safety Fund (18m+)

  • Sixth Commencement Regulations of the BSA laid (Part 4)

    On 13th January 2024, new Regulations (the sixth commencement regulations made under the Building Safety Act 2022) have now brought into force various sections in Part 4 of the Act,  as of 16th January 2024.

    Sections now enacted include:

    • Sections 79 to 82 which impose requirements with regard to registration of occupied higher-risk buildings and obtaining and displaying a building assessment certificate for such a building; 
    • Sections 83 to 86 which impose duties with regard to assessing and managing building safety risks, the safety case report and its provision to the regulator; 
    • Sections 87, 88 and 90 which impose and are in relation to duties to report certain safety information, keeping prescribed information and documents for higher-risk buildings and for sharing that information and documents with various interested parties; 
    • Sections 91 to 94 which impose requirements in relation to a resident engagement strategy for a higher-risk building, requests by residents for further information or documents about their building, and the complaints procedures to be operated by the principal accountable person and the building safety regulator;
    • Sections 95 to 97 which impose duties on residents and provide for contravention notices when those duties are breached and for access to residential units; 
    • Sections 98 to 101 which impose requirements in relation to enforcement by the regulator; 
    • Section 102 (and the accompanying Schedule 7) which creates the special measures regime, an enforcement tool of last resort; and;
    • Section 111 which makes provisions in relation to articles of associations of resident management companies.

    Read the regulations here

     

    • Building Safety Act
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