Part 4: Higher-risk buildings Meaning of "Accountable Person" and other key definitions Section 73: Meaning of "principal accountable person" Effect
This section sets out the definition of a Principal Accountable Person. For the purposes of this part of Act they will be responsible for meeting specific statutory obligations for the whole of the occupied higher-risk building where there are either more than one Accountable Person or where they are the sole Accountable Person.
	Subsection (1) sets out that the persons who may therefore be the Principal Accountable Person for a higher-risk building are either: the only Accountable Person in the building; or when there is more than one Accountable Person, they are the entity that is either the owner of or has the repairing obligations for the structure and exterior of the building.
	Subsection (2) sets out that the relevant parts of the structure and exterior of a building refers to its structure and exterior except so far as parts included in a demise of a single dwelling or of premises to be occupied for the purposes of a business.
	Subsection (3) sets out that the First tier Tribunal has the power to define who is the Principal Accountable Person for the building where there is more than one owner who meets the definition for being a Principal Accountable Person under subsection (1)(b). The First tier Tribunal will be able to determine any such definition under the powers set out in section 72(2).
	This section is linked to section 109 as each Accountable Person must cooperate and coordinate with every other Accountable Person in the building.
	Under Section 93, the Secretary of State will put into regulations a requirement for each Accountable Person for the building who is aware of a lack of cooperation from another Accountable Person, to have their own duty to report such lack of cooperation to the Building Safety Regulator.