Part 4: Higher-risk buildings Registration and certificates Section 77: Occupation: registration requirement Background
This is a new provision.
	It enables the Building Safety Regulator to take a systematic approach to the oversight of buildings in scope of the new regime. The obligations on Accountable Persons in Part 4 of the regime apply where higher-risk residential buildings become occupied. The meaning of "occupied" for these purposes is set out in section 71. Registration will provide information about the building to the Building Safety Regulator who will then be able to use this for the effective regulation of higher-risk buildings.
Example
For new buildings, the Principal Accountable Person will be required to register their building before it becomes occupied. If the Principal Accountable Person fails to do so, they will commit an offence, as detailed above, unless they have a reasonable excuse.
For existing occupied buildings, the Principal Accountable Person will be required to register their building within a transitional period following the new regulatory regime coming into force. If the Principal Accountable Person fails to register the building within that period, they will commit an offence, as detailed above, unless they have a reasonable excuse.
Information required in the registration process will be set out in regulations and will likely include core details of the building, details of the Accountable Persons, Principal Accountable Person, and an address in England or Wales at which notices can be served on the Principal Accountable Person/Accountable Persons. Regulations will also set out a requirement for the Principal Accountable Person to inform the regulator in the event of any updates or changes to information provided in the initial registration application, which the regulator will use to keep the register up to date. The process is likely to be digitalised.
Information obtained from registration will allow the regulator to produce the national register of higher-risk buildings, and will also ensure the Accountable Persons are identified to the regulator. This information will also be used to support the regulator in prioritising its notifications to the Principal Accountable Person requiring an application for a Building Assessment Certificate, as set out in section 79.