Consultations launched on new building control regime for higher-risk buildings – Image from Richard Johnson-Shutterstock
The government has launched two consultations on technical proposals connected with the Building Safety Act 2022.
The consultations, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), are part of a series of consultations on regulations that provide technical proposals that support the law as set out in the act, and provide more detail on how it will operate and be enforced.
The two new consultations are: Implementing the New Building Control Regime for Higher-Risk Buildings and Wider Changes to the Building Regulations for All Buildings, covering topics such as duty holder and competence requirements, certifying building works and transitional provisions for changing to the new building regime.
The second is The In-occupation Regime for Occupied Higher-Risk Buildings, tackling subjects including accountable persons, mandatory occurrence reporting and the residents’ voice.
The Building Safety Act 2022 is a package of legislative changes to make all buildings safer, including strengthening oversight and protections for residents in higher-risk buildings, which are residential buildings over 18 metres or with seven or more storeys.
The government aims to ensure that building regulations are fit for purpose across the built environment and where appropriate will apply the new approaches in the Building Safety Act 2022 to all building work, not just those in the scope of the new regulatory regime for high-rise residential buildings.
The DLUHC wants to gather a wide range of views to support its policy development process. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers said it would be responding to the consultations, which will inform the development of the regulations before they are laid before Parliament.
Both consultations close on October 12.
