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The 鈥痺ill have over-arching duties to ensure building safety within occupied buildings.鈥� An accountable person is someone who:鈥�
- Holds legal estate in any part of the common parts; and鈥�
- A person who is under a repairing obligation in relation to the common parts鈥�
The common parts鈥痠ncludes鈥痶he structure and exterior of the building and parts of the building provided for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the residents of more than one dwelling.鈥�
The principal accountable person is the person who has responsibility for the structure and exterior of the building.鈥�
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- Risk of additional costs impacting ability to meet funding requirements鈥�听
- Risk of non-compliance鈥赌�听
- Viewing the sector as less attractive for investment or tightening the funding requirements鈥赌�听
Operators鈥赌�听
- Different legislation in听different鈥痗ountries鈥痮f the UK.鈥� Impact on business鈥痗onsistency鈥�听
- Complications and challenges of appointing new suitably qualified duty holders with potential increased cost to developments鈥�听
- Level of competencies demonstrated will vary 鈥� need to ensure qualification route is also strengthened.鈥� Time for this to flow back into the work force鈥�听
- Each building will have a requirement for over 100 live safety documents that will need to be maintained鈥�听
- Cost of bringing in more 鈥渉igher-risk buildings鈥� into the听Bill.鈥� Impact not just on the听Build to听Rent sector but on others.鈥赌� Knock on to the property management side of buildings if they have operators听with听diverse听business models听who听provide services to other types of accommodation鈥�听
- Possible delays for legislation to be implemented鈥痓ut requirement to prepare systems and processes is needed now鈥�听
Customer鈥赌�听
- Understanding rights and responsibilities as a resident and how this may differ if听you听move to or from a higher-risk building鈥赌�听
- Potential increased rental cost to absorb additional costs to providers鈥�听
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The principal accountable person must appoint a competent building safety manager who has day-to-day responsibility for the management of safety and engagement with residents鈥赌�听
Where the building safety manager is an organisation, there must be a nominated individual with responsibility for the building.鈥� They will need to be registered with鈥痶he Health and Safety Executive鈥�(HSE)鈥�.
Residents
are at the heart of the new building safety regime.鈥� The principal accountable person must have a resident engagement strategy, including a complaints procedure, with ultimate recourse to HSE.鈥� Residents will have powers to request building safety information from the principal accountable person鈥赌��听
Residents will also have duties to allow access to their homes for building safety purposes, and not to do anything within their homes (for example,鈥痑lternations) which might compromise building safety鈥�听
The Golden Thread will be a set of key documents about the building
The Golden Thread鈥�
Under the Bill all “higher-risk buildings” will be required to maintain and update a Golden Thread of information demonstrating that the building complies with building safety requirements.鈥�
The听Golden听Thread will be a set of key documents about the building,听held digitally to be accessible to all duty holders in respect of the building (including any鈥痙esigners, contractors or sub-contractors听working on the building).鈥�
Many of these key documents will be created during the design and construction phases and they will include all items required to pass through the Gateways.鈥�