Part 4: Higher-risk buildings Duties relating to building safety risks Section 85: Safety Case Report Effect
This section provides that the Principal Accountable Person is under a duty to produce a Safety Case Report that demonstrates that building safety risks have been both assessed and all reasonable steps have been taken to prevent building safety risks, defined in section 65, materialising in the building and to mitigate the severity of such an incident if it does occur.
	The duty to prepare a Safety Case Report containing an assessment of the building safety risks relating to the building and any steps taken under clause 83 starts to apply as soon as the building is occupied. Regulations may also be made by the Secretary of State under the power in subsection (3) to set out other requirements about the form and content of Safety Case Reports.
	Once the Principal Accountable Person has written their Safety Case Report, they must notify the Building Safety Regulator, under clause 86.
	The Safety Case Report will be the vehicle through which Accountable Persons are able to demonstrate compliance with their ongoing duty to prevent fire spread and structural collapse and reduce the severity of any incident. The clause provides a duty on the Principal Accountable Person to revise it following any further assessments of the building safety risks relating to the building under section 83 and following the taking of any further steps under section 84. The intention is that at any point the Safety Case Report demonstrates that the arrangements Principle Accountable Person/Accountable Persons have in place are reasonable for managing the specific building. Where there is a change to the Principal Accountable Person, it is expected that the new Principal Accountable Person will prepare a revised Safety Case Report, reflecting their assessment and risk management practices, including policies and procedures, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming the Principal Accountable Person.
	The Safety Case Report can be reviewed and revised under a Principal Accountable Person’s own volition, however the Building Safety Regulator, under this clause, can direct an Accountable Person to undertake an assessment of building safety risks, which in turn may result in additional safety arrangements being required and the Safety Case Report having to be reviewed and revised.
	Where there are multiple Accountable Persons in a building, it is required that there should be a single Safety Case Report to be produced by the Principal Accountable Person for that building. It is intended that all Accountable Persons in the building should co-operate and co-ordinate carrying out their obligations. This includes carrying out their risk assessment and risk management duties and sharing information about building safety risks relating to the whole building in good time to enable a single Safety Case Report to be produced.