Fact sheet: Building Safety

The Welsh Government has been taking steps to introduce new requirements for buildings at the occupation phase that go significantly further than the Building Safety Act 2022. The proposals extend not only to multi-occupied residential buildings of 18+ metres, but also multi-occupied residential buildings of less than 18 metres (with some exceptions).

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Since 2021, a number of changes relating to the design and construction phase in Wales have already been brought forward. A Building Safety (Wales) Bill will be introduced before the end of the current Senedd term that will introduce the way in which building safety is managed at the occupation phase of a building’s lifecycle.

The legislation directly impacts property agents who are managing entire blocks of flats and those working with management agents when managing individual tenancies. Agents will need to be aware of the new rules and how they impact freeholders, leaseholders, renters and home buyers and sellers.

Covered in this fact sheet: 

  • Building Safety Overview
  • The Building Safety Regulator: Design and Construction phase
  • The Building Safety Regime: Occupation phase
  • Regulation of construction and cladding products 
  • Remediation of historic defects in existing buildings
  • Commencement of Section 156 of the UK Building Safety Act 2022
  • Regulation of approved inspectors and building control approvers 

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