Building Safety (Bill) Wales

The Building Safety (Wales) Bill has been laid before the Senedd. 

The Bill, part of a wider programme of reforms aimed at improving building safety in Wales, includes the introduction of a new building safety regime which will cover not just occupation, but the ongoing management of multi-occupied buildings.

The regime will

• identity those whom statutory duties are to be place
  
  
• require the registration of regulated buildings with a building safety authority
  
  
• confer new functions on both the building safety authority and fire safety authority
  
  
• create duties to assess and manage fire safety risks in in-scope buildings
  
  
• create duties to assess and manage structural safety in in-scope buildings at least 11 metres high or at least five storeys
  
  
• establish rights for residents and place duties on them in respect of all in-scope buildings; and
  
  
•  put in place an enforcement regime enabling action to be taken if new duties are not met.

For more information visit the Welsh Government website:

Written Statement: Building Safety

Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Explanatory Memorandum