Schedule 7: Special Measures Paragraph 13: Notification by regulator before applying to vary special measures order Effect
Paragraph 13 sets out the notification process that the Building Safety Regulator must follow where it proposes to make an application to vary a special measures order that is in force. It sets out that the Building Safety Regulator must give an initial notice of the proposal to those persons mentioned in paragraph 13(2) which include the Accountable Person for the building, the Special Measures Manager and such other persons as listed in the sub-paragraph.
	Paragraph 13(3) prescribes the content of what must be included in the initial notice, including the way in which the notified persons can submit comments and observations, to the Building Safety Regulator about the proposed variation of the order. At the end of a specified period (set out in the initial notice), the Building Safety Regulator must decide whether to make the application and give a final notice of its decision to the persons mentioned above.
	The Building Safety Regulator must, before making an application to the First-tier Tribunal, set out the reasons for and its decision within a final notice and if necessary, also set out the finalised details of the proposed changes to the special management order about which it will make an application to the Tribunal.
	Paragraph 13(7) provides that in notifying the requisite persons the Building Safety Regulator must notify those it has knowledge of and has taken reasonable steps to make itself aware of.
	The Secretary of State has the power to make regulations amending the persons that need to be notified and setting out the requisite form and manner of notices issued by the Building Safety Regulator under this paragraph, as per sub-paragraphs (9) and (10).