Part 8 – Amendments of Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 Section 115: Remediation orders
There is currently a lack of clarity in Section 123 of the 2022 Act for First-tier Tribunal (FTT) Judges when making remediation orders. This provision is aimed at providing more clarity for the FTT when making remediation orders, and thereby improve their functionality and improve take-up.
	Section 115 amends Section 123 of the 2022 Act. The existing Section 123(2) is amended to include provision that a remediation order can require a relevant landlord to take relevant steps (defined in Section 114) instead of, or in addition to, remedying a relevant defect where practical.
	Subsection (6) is amended to signpost the relevant definitions required to interpret this Section.
	Subsection (8) provides that the FTT may order as part of a remediation order, and enforce, the production of an expert report by a relevant landlord. The FTT’s direction is enforceable with the permission of the County Court (in the same way as a court order is enforceable) pursuant to the existing subsection (7).
	Subsection (9) defines an expert report as a report or survey relating to relevant defects, or potential relevant defects, in a relevant building, and relevant steps that might be taken in relation to a relevant defect (details of necessary works for example).