What is the role of the Building Safety Regulator?

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What is the role of the Building Safety Regulator?

The Building Safety Regulator is responsible for the safety and performance of all buildings, with a special focus on high-rise buildings. This means it sets and enforces the rules that govern how higher‑risk buildings are designed, built, and continuously managed to stay safe for people who use them. It ensures there is accountability for safety throughout a building’s life—from design and construction to occupation and ongoing maintenance. It does not license private developers, regulate maintenance of private homes, or audit every construction product. Those functions lie elsewhere in the system. The regulator works to ensure owners, managers, and professionals follow the new safety regime, conduct required safety assessments, and carry out inspections and enforcement when necessary to keep high‑risk buildings safe.

The Building Safety Regulator is responsible for the safety and performance of all buildings, with a special focus on high-rise buildings. This means it sets and enforces the rules that govern how higher‑risk buildings are designed, built, and continuously managed to stay safe for people who use them. It ensures there is accountability for safety throughout a building’s life—from design and construction to occupation and ongoing maintenance.

It does not license private developers, regulate maintenance of private homes, or audit every construction product. Those functions lie elsewhere in the system. The regulator works to ensure owners, managers, and professionals follow the new safety regime, conduct required safety assessments, and carry out inspections and enforcement when necessary to keep high‑risk buildings safe.

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