Higher-risk buildings in occupation Enforcement and sanctions New powers
The Building Safety Regulator will have powers to prosecute all offences in Parts 2 and 4 of the Act (including Schedule 2), and the Building Act 1984. In addition, for all offences in the Building Act 1984 and Parts 2 and 4, where an offence is committed by a corporate body with the consent or connivance of a director, manager etc of that corporate body, or is attributable to their neglect, that person will be liable to be prosecuted as well as the corporate body.
	The Building Safety Regulator will be able to issue compliance notices (requiring issues of non-compliance to be rectified by a set date) and, in design and construction, stop notices (requiring work to be halted until serious non-compliance is addressed).
	Failure to comply with compliance and stop notices will be a criminal offence, with a maximum penalty of up to two years in prison and an unlimited fine.
	The Act includes powers of entry to gather evidence for compliance action. A warrant from a magistrates’ court will be required for premises used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling, or where force needs to be used to enter any premises.
	The Building Safety Regulator will also hold to account local authorities, registered building control approvers and registered building inspectors, for example where they have not registered or are performing below the set standard, and will be able to suspend or remove inspectors from the register and to prosecute where necessary.
	The Act also includes powers for the Building Safety Regulator to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order appointing a Special Measures Manager to take over the functions of the Accountable Person, where there is a significant failure or repeated failures to comply with their statutory duties.