259.Subsection (1) places a duty on the Welsh Ministers to make regulations requiring an accountable person for a regulated building to keep relevant information or relevant documents specified in the regulations. Information and documents are “relevant” if they relate to a part of a building for which an accountable person is responsible (see subsection (6)(b)).
260.The purpose of this provision is to help ensure that accountable persons have access to the information they need to assess and manage building safety risks in a building. This will include important safety information that will form part of a “golden thread” of information about the building. In relation to building safety the term “golden thread” is a term that was used in the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety Report to describe the record of safety information about the building.
261.The regulations made under subsection (1) may also include provision about, for example:
	the duration for which information or documents must be kept,
	how the information or documents must be kept, and
	the format in which they must be kept.
262.The regulations may include conditions or exceptions to these requirements (subsection (3)).
263.Subsection (4) provides that if an accountable person does not have the required information or a required document, they must obtain them unless it is not practicable to do so. The accountable person must also ensure, so far as possible, that the information is accurate and kept up to date (subsection (5)).
264.Regulations made under this section may place requirements on persons treated as accountable persons under section 36.
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