Part 4: Higher-risk buildings Duties relating to information and documents Section 88: Keeping information about higher-risk buildings Effect
The new regulatory regime will regulate building safety risks in higher-risk buildings. This section places requirements about information keeping on the person responsible for higher-risk buildings – the Accountable Person. Higher-risk building is defined in section 65.
	This section imposes a requirement that the Accountable Person must keep and maintain certain required information about the building (the prescribed information) and ensure it is up to date as far as possible. If the Accountable Person does not have the prescribed information this section imposes a requirement that they obtain this information, unless it is not practicable for them to do so.
	The prescribed information is also called the "golden thread" of information. The specific documents, data and information that will make up the prescribed information will be set out in regulations.
	The prescribed information will generally be information about the building and information relevant to the management and reduction of building safety risks (as defined in section 62) in the building.
	This section also imposes a requirement that the prescribed information must be kept in accordance with prescribed standards. Regulations will set out the principles to which the information should be stored and kept, to ensure the information is accessible.
	The Building Safety Regulator will also be able to issue statutory guidance about how to comply with the duties in this section under the power set out in section 108(1)(c). The guidance will provide best practice examples and detail to support the Accountable Person in fulfilling their duties under this section and the regulations.
	Regulations may also be made under this section to set out when the duties to keep and obtain the prescribed information will apply.