Higher-risk buildings in design and construction Industry competence
The Act provides powers to impose competence requirements on the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor, and other persons, and to impose duties on persons making appointments in relation to building regulations to ensure that those they appoint meet the competence requirements. This is to ensure everyone doing design or building work is competent to carry out that work in line with building regulations. Statutory guidance will be provided to support these requirements.
	For higher-risk buildings, the Act provides powers to prescribe documents to be supplied with building control applications, which the Government proposes to use to require a signed declaration from the Client that they have assessed and are content with the competence of the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor.