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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England that they have just six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator by law.
Under the Building Safety Act, high-rise residential buildings (18 metres tall or higher, or at least seven storeys, with two or more residential units) must be registered, with a named person responsible for maintaining their safety. Owners and managers who fail to comply by October 2023 may face prosecution.
'The information provided through registration will be an invaluable part of our crackdown on unsafe building practices,' warned Peter Baker, chief inspector of buildings at the HSE. 'Failure to register will be against the law.'
Hot on the heels of Planning Gateway One in August 2021, registration will be followed by more robust building control of high-rise developments and the certification of occupied high-rise buildings by the
new regulator.
The HSE has launched a Be Ready campaign aimed at owners and managers of high-rise residential buildings about their new legal duties.
More information is here.
