Part 2: The Regulator and its functions Enforcement Section 22: Authorised officers Background
The power set out in this section is designed to enable the effective functioning of the Building Safety Regulator’s functions in respect of higher-risk buildings. The Independent Review found that the regulation of higher-risk buildings could be improved by bringing together Health and Safety Executive expertise, local authority building control expertise (and where appropriate, expertise from the private sector) and fire safety expertise from fire and rescue authorities. Section 13 enables the Building Safety Regulator to secure the involvement of local authorities and fire and rescue authorities in its work on a higher-risk building.
	In this framework, appropriately trained members of the Building Safety Regulator’s team will require powers to carry out functions on the Building Safety Regulator’s behalf. This is what this provision does.
	The Building Safety Regulator will have discretion in designating different individuals to exercise different sets of powers, as some will have more competence and expertise than others. This will allow the Building Safety Regulator to assign the relevant powers to those persons who are qualified and equipped to exercise them.
Example
The Building Safety Regulator sets up a "multi-disciplinary team" to regulate the construction of a higher-risk building. The Building Safety Regulator requests assistance with building control matters from the local authority, which provides an appropriately trained building control expert to assist the Building Safety Regulator. The building control expert is designated with Building Safety Regulator powers to enter non-domestic premises without a warrant and to require information, documents etc. (powers under paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 2). However, the Building Safety Regulator decides not to designate this individual with powers to obtain a warrant to enter premises (powers under paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 2), as the individual has not been trained to draft and swear to an information for a justice of the peace.
This building control expert, now designated as an authorised officer of the Building Safety Regulator, visits a building site to inspect the construction of the higher-risk building and ensure it complies with building regulations and with the plans and specifications submitted at Gateway 2. In accordance with subsection (4), if the site manager asks to see the authorised officer’s authorisation document, the authorised officer must produce it (or a duly authenticated copy).