192.Subsection (1) places a duty on a principal accountable person for an occupied category 1 building to prepare a “safety case report”.
193.A “safety case report” is a report containing information specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers (subsection (1)). This information relates to the current fire and structural risk assessments that have been made for the building, as well as steps taken to manage the risks identified.
194.The purpose of the safety case report is to demonstrate that fire safety risks relating to the building have been assessed in accordance with sections 29 and 32 and any regulations made under those sections. Another purpose is to demonstrate that structural safety risks relating to the building have been assessed in accordance with section 34 and any regulations made under that section. Its further purpose is to demonstrate that all reasonable steps have been taken to:
	prevent fire and structural safety risks from materialising in relation to the building, and to
	reduce the severity of any incident resulting from such a risk.
195.More detailed information that is held about a building (such as that which may be specified in regulations made under sections 48 and 49) may be relevant to, or be required by regulations to be included in, a safety case report. For example, this might be information about tests that have been carried out on components of the building, details of the building’s construction, or other information that is held about the building.
196.The safety case report must be prepared as soon as reasonably practicable after the latest of the events mentioned in subsection (3).
197.As soon as possible after preparing the safety case report, the principal accountable person must give a copy to the building safety authority for the building (subsection (4)). A copy of the current safety case report must also be submitted as part of a building certificate application to the building safety authority under section 43(1)(a).
198.The safety case report should provide an accurate source of information about how fire and structural safety risks relating to the building are being assessed and managed. The principal accountable person must keep the report under review and revise it if necessary to ensure that it is up to date (subsection (5)). Subsection (6) provides that the principal accountable person must revise the safety case report, in accordance with any direction made by the building safety authority for the building.
199.Subsection (7) provides that the principal accountable person must give a copy of any revised report to the building safety authority, along with a notice summarising the revisions in the report. This will ensure that the building safety authority has the most up-to-date version of the safety case report.
200.Regulations under subsection (8) can make provision in addition to that made under subsection (1) about the content of a safety case report, as well as a notice given under subsection (7)(b). They can also make provision about the form and giving of reports or notices under this section.
Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Safety of Buildings Containing Two Or More Residential Units Safety case reports Section 37 - Preparation and revision of safety case report by principal accountable person