- accountable person
has the same meaning as in Part 4 (see section 72);
- additional powers
means—
- agreed
means agreed in writing;
- an affected person
means—
- annual report
means the report made under paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc.) Regulations 2026;
- appropriate accountable person
means the accountable person for the building who is responsible for the part of the building comprising the residential unit;
- appropriate court or tribunal
means— (a) in relation to England, the tribunal;
- appropriate national authority
means— (a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
- authorised officer
means a person in respect of whom an authorisation under section 22 of the Building Safety Act 2022 is in force;
- authorised representative
means a person of a description specified in the regulations who is authorised to act on behalf of a person carrying out an activity in relation to construction products;
- building
includes— a any other structure or erection of any kind (whether temporary or permanent);
- building assessment certificate
means a certificate issued under section 81.
- building control approval
has the meaning given by paragraph 1B of Schedule 1;” “• ““building control authority” has the meaning given by section 121A;” “• ““the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);” “• “higher-risk building”— (a) in relation to England, has the meaning given by section 120D;
- building control authority
means— a the regulator, in cases where section 91ZA or 91ZB provides that the regulator is the building control authority;
- building enactment
means any provision of, or of an instrument made under— (a) Part 2 or 4 of this Act, or (b) the Building Act 1984;
- building function
means—
- building industry scheme
means a scheme established under section 126 of the Building Safety Act 2022;
- Building safety decision
means a decision by an accountable person for the building that—
- building safety expenditure
means expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State (whether before or after the passing of this Act) in providing financial assistance to persons (whether by way of grant, loan or otherwise) for the purposes of enabling them to improve the safety of persons in or about buildings in England;
- building safety expenses of the association
means the expenses incurred by the commonhold association or special measures manager for the higher-risk building in connection with taking measures that the association or manager is required or permitted to take under Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022, or regulations made under that Part of that Act;
- Building safety measure
means any of the following— a applying for registration of a higher-risk building in accordance with section 78 of the Building Safety Act 2022;
- building safety measures
has the meaning given by section 30D;
- building safety obligation
means an obligation of an accountable person under Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 or regulations made under that Part;
- building safety purpose
means the purpose of supporting the resident management company in complying with its duties under this Part or under regulations made under this Part;
- building safety risk
has the meaning given by section 62;
- chain of qualifying leases
means— (a) an initial qualifying lease which is the preceding qualifying lease in relation to a connected replacement lease (the “first replacement lease”), (b) the first replacement lease, and (c) any other connected replacement lease if the preceding qualifying lease in relation to it is— (a) the first replacement lease, or (b) any other connected replacement lease which is in the chain of qualifying leases;
- cladding product
means a cladding system or any component of a cladding system;
- cladding product requirement
means—
- cladding remediation
means the removal or replacement of any part of a cladding system that—
- combined instrument
means an instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision)—
- commencement
means the time this section comes into force;
- commonhold building safety assessment
has the meaning given by paragraph 4;
- Competent person
means a servant or agent of the public body who is competent to assess the plans. 1C If the relevant conditions are met, the public body may give a public body’s plans certificate to the local authority. 1D A public body’s plans certificate must be in the prescribed form.”
- completion certificate
means a certificate of a prescribed description that is issued under regulations made under section 1(1) of the Building Act 1984 (building regulations);
- compliance notice
has the same meaning as in section 99;
- construction product
has the meaning given by regulations;
- construction product requirement
means a requirement under— (a) construction products regulations, (b) the 2011 Regulation, or (c) the 2019 Regulations;
- construction product requirements
means requirements imposed by or under construction products regulations, the 2011 Regulation or the 2019 or 2020 Regulations;
- construction products regulations
means regulations under paragraph 1 of Schedule 11;
- contravention
includes a failure to comply;
- Convention rights
has the same meaning as in the Human Rights Act 1998;
- conversion
means the conversion of the building for use (wholly or partly) for residential purposes;
- Corporate Officer
means—
- cost-benefit analysis
means—
- critical risk
means a significant risk of death or serious injury arising from a building safety risk;
- current plan
means the first plan mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) (as the case may be);
- data protection legislation
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).
- demand
has the meaning given in section 47;
- developer
means a person who undertook or commissioned the construction or conversion of the building (or part of the building) with a view to granting or disposing of interests in the building or parts of it;
- development
has the meaning given by section 55 of the 1990 Act;
- direction
means a direction given under section 13;
- document
includes information recorded in any form;
- documents
includes notices, certificates, orders, consents, demands and plans. 8 The Secretary of State may make regulations under this section only in relation to England. 56B 1 The regulator must keep a register of specified relevant information. 2 The information that may be specified for the purposes of subsection (1) includes in particular information given, or treated as having been given, to the regulator using the facility established under section 56A(1). 3 The regulator— a must maintain the register in electronic form;
- domestic premises
means premises (in England or Wales) used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling;
- electrical installation
means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer’s side of the electricity supply meter;
- enforcement action
means action taken with a view to, or in connection with— (a) securing compliance with Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 or regulations made under that Part, or (b) the imposition of a sanction in respect of a contravention of that Part or those regulations;
- excepted function
means—
- excluded costs
means any of the following incurred in connection with Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 or regulations made under that Part— a costs incurred or to be incurred by or on behalf of a relevant person solely as a result of any penalty imposed or enforcement action taken by the regulator;
- expert report
has the meaning given by section 123(9);
- fees
means fees that are prescribed by, or determined by the regulator in accordance with, regulations under section 105B. 3 The regulator may delegate different functions to different persons under subsection (1). 4 The regulator may delegate functions under subsection (1) only with the consent of the Secretary of State. 5 The regulator may revoke a delegation of functions to a person by giving a written notice to the person. 6 The regulator may revoke a delegation under subsection (5) only with the consent of the Secretary of State. 7 Schedule 3 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (information sharing) applies as if references to the regulator included references to a person to whom the regu
- financial management proposal
has the meaning given by paragraph 3;
- financial year
means a year ending with 31 March;
- fire and rescue authority
has the meaning given by section 30;
- fire inspector
means an inspector or assistant inspector appointed under section 28(1) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;
- higher-risk building
has the same meaning as in Part 4 (see section 65);
- Higher-risk building work
means any work relating to a higher-risk building or a proposed higher-risk building, including— a any work relating to a building that is not a higher-risk building that causes it to become such a building, and b any work relating to a higher-risk building that causes it to cease to be such a building. 4 The Welsh Ministers may by regulations define “building” for the purposes of this section. 5 The regulations may in particular provide that “building” includes— a any other structure or erection of any kind (whether temporary or permanent);
- higher-risk commonhold
means a commonhold in England that includes all or any part of a higher-risk building,”
- independent
means appearing to the Secretary of State to be independent of— (a) the Secretary of State, (b) the regulator, (c) the profession of registered building inspectors, (d) the built environment industry (as defined by section 30), (e) persons carrying on activities connected with the manufacture, importation, marketing or supply of construction products (as defined by paragraph 24 of Schedule 11), and (f) local authorities (as so defined);
- information
includes documents;
- initial defect
means a defect which is a relevant defect by virtue of section 120(3)(a);
- initial qualifying lease
means a lease which is a qualifying lease under section 119(2);
- insolvency practitioner
means—
- interested person
means—
- international standard
means a standard adopted by an international standardising body (which for these purposes has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, part of Annex 1A to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 16 April 1994, as modified from time to time);
- joint venture
includes a partnership (as defined by section 121);
- landlord
includes any person who has a right under the lease to enforce payment of a service charge (within the meaning of section 18);
- local authority
has the meaning given by section 30;
- local housing authority
has the meaning given by section 261 of the Housing Act 2004;
- long lease
means a lease granted for a term of years certain exceeding 21 years, whether or not it is (or may become) terminable before the end of that term by notice given by or to the tenant or by re-entry, forfeiture or otherwise;
- major incident
means an incident resulting in— (a) a significant number of deaths, or (b) serious injury to a significant number of people. 120H 1 Subsections (2) to (5) apply if the Secretary of State asks the regulator for advice as to whether a specified description of building should be a higher-risk building for the purposes of this Act as it applies in relation to England. 2 The regulator must consider whether the following conditions are met— a the first condition is that a building safety risk is greater for that description of buildings than it is for buildings that are not of that description;
- management company
means—
- mandatory occurrence reporting system
has the same meaning as in section 87;
- maximum summary term for either-way offences
has the meaning given by section 30;
- new lease
has the meaning given in subsection (1);
- newly let property
means the property let by the new lease;
- non-domestic premises
means premises (in England or Wales) that are not domestic premises;
- owner
has the meaning given by section 115;
- Parliamentary Estate
means any building or other premises occupied for the purposes of either House of Parliament.
- partnership
has the meaning given by section 121;
- personal data
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018;
- plan
means a strategic plan as defined by section 17.
- planning permission
has the meaning given by section 336 of the 1990 Act;
- plans certificate
means a certificate by a registered building control approver that the relevant conditions are met in relation to the work specified in the certificate (which must be work in relation to which the approver has given an initial notice). 1A The relevant conditions are that the registered building control approver— a has inspected— i full plans of the work, or ii plans of the work that the approver is satisfied are sufficient for the purposes of giving a plans certificate in relation to the work, b is satisfied that the plans are not defective, c is satisfied that work carried out in accordance with the plans would not contravene any provision of building regulations, and d
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- principal accountable person
has the meaning given in section 115 of that Act;
- purchaser
means the person to whom the relevant interest is granted or disposed of;
- qualifying lease certificate
means a certificate, complying with any prescribed requirements, that the condition in section 119(2)(d) was met in relation to the lease at the qualifying time.
- rackrent
has the meaning given by section 126 of the Building Act 1984;
- recognised tenants association
has the meaning given by section 29 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985;
- reconciliation account
means a document— (a) setting out, in relation to the period during which the special measures order was in force, a comparison between— (a) the receipts and expenses of the manager in connection with the exercise of their functions in relation to the building, and (b) the credits to, and debits from, all relevant accounts, and (b) containing a statement explaining any differences;
- register of title
means the register kept under section 1 of the Land Registration Act 2002;
- registered
means registered under section 78.
- registered building control approver
means a person registered as a building control approver in accordance with this Part. 58O 1 The regulatory authority must establish and maintain a register of building control approvers. 2 The regulatory authority must register a person as a building control approver if— a the person makes an application for registration in accordance with section 58P, and b the authority is satisfied that the person meets such criteria as the authority may from time to time determine. 3 Registration may— a have effect in relation to all work or in relation to work of a particular description;
- registered building inspector
means an individual registered as a building inspector in accordance with this Part. 58C 1 The regulatory authority must establish and maintain a register of building inspectors. 2 The register may provide for different classes of building inspectors (for example, according to qualifications or experience). 3 The regulatory authority must register an individual as a building inspector, or a building inspector of a particular class, if— a the individual makes an application for registration in accordance with section 58D, and b the authority is satisfied that the individual meets such criteria as the authority may from time to time determine. 4 Registration may— a have effect in relation to all work or in relation to work of a particular description;
- registered provider of social housing
has the meaning given by section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
- regulations
means regulations under section 20D. 2 Regulations are to be made by statutory instrument. 3 A power to make regulations includes power to make— a incidental, transitional or saving provision;
- regulatory authority
means— a in relation to England, the regulator;
- relevant account
means an account in which any of the following are (or have been) held— (a) payments made by an accountable person for the building to the manager;
- relevant application or notice
means— a an application for building control approval, b an initial notice, c an amendment notice, or d a public body’s notice, relating to a relevant building or proposed relevant building (including any such application or notice relating to work that causes a building to become a relevant building or causes a relevant building to cease to be such a building). 11 In this section— • “amendment notice, “initial notice” and “public body’s notice” have the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 58);
- relevant approved document
means a document approved for the purposes of the provision that applies in relation to the work in question.”
- relevant assistance
means anything done by the authority pursuant to a request or direction, for the purpose of facilitating the exercise by the regulator of a relevant function.
- relevant authority
means a local authority or the regulator.”
- Relevant building
means a self-contained building, or self-contained part of a building, in England that contains at least two dwellings and—
- relevant building function
has the meaning given by section 22.
- relevant building safety information
has the meaning given in section 49A.”
- relevant company
means— (a) a resident management company within the meaning of section 111, (b) an RTM company within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (right to manage), or (c) a company that is a commonhold association within the meaning of Part 1 of that Act (see section 34).
- relevant complaint
means a complaint relating to—
- relevant costs
has the meaning given by section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (and this applies in relation to a lease of premises that does not include a dwelling as it applies in relation to a lease of a dwelling);
- relevant document
means— i the plans mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(i), or ii a document prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii);
- relevant duty
means a duty of an accountable person for the building under, or under prescribed regulations made under, any of the following—
- relevant expenses
has the meaning given by paragraph 3;
- Relevant fire safety information
means— a records kept under article 9(6) of assessments and reviews under article 9;
- relevant function
means —
- relevant information
means information that is required or authorised to be given by this Part or regulations made under it;
- relevant interest
means a legal estate which is— (a) an estate in fee simple absolute in possession, or (b) a term of years absolute granted for a term of more than 21 years from the date of the grant.
- relevant landlord
means the landlord under the lease at the qualifying time or any superior landlord at that time.
- relevant landlord or management company
means a landlord under a lease of the building or any part of it or any person who is party to such a lease otherwise than as landlord or tenant.
- relevant lease
means a lease of premises in a relevant building;
- relevant liability
means a liability (whether arising before or after commencement) that is incurred—
- relevant part of the initial notice
means so much of the initial notice as was subject to the cancellation notice.”
- relevant period
means— a the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the new initial notice is accepted or such other period as may be prescribed, or b such longer period as may be agreed by the local authority following a request from the registered building control approver. 8 A transfer certificate given by a registered building control approver— a does not impose any liability, whether civil or criminal, on the registered building control approver for any work carried out by the previous registered building control approver, and b does not affect any liability, whether civil or criminal, of the previous registered building control approver for work carried out by that approver. 9 In this section “unfinished work” means all of the work to which the original initial notice related, except for any work in respect of which a final certificate was accepted by the local authority. 53C 1 This section applies where a registered building control approver gives a transfer certificate and a transfer report to a local authority in accordance with section 53B(3). 2 The local authority must, by notice, accept or reject the certificate and report before the end of the relevant per
- relevant person
means— (a) an owner of a residential unit in a higher-risk building, (b) a body that represents, supports or promotes— (a) the interests of any description of residents of higher-risk buildings or owners of residential units in such buildings, or (b) the interests of any description of persons that includes a description of such residents or owners, or (c) a member of a body within paragraph (b).
- relevant persons
means—
- relevant premises
means any premises in the part of the building for which the accountable person is responsible that are occupied or controlled by— (a) a resident of a residential unit in the building, or (b) an owner of a residential unit in the building.
- relevant provision
means any provision of building regulations except one that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;
- relevant requirement
means any requirement on an accountable person under, or under regulations made under, this Part except one that is prescribed for the purposes of this section.
- relevant reserve fund
means— (a) a trust fund within the meaning of section 42 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, (b) an express trust of a kind mentioned in subsection (9) of that section, comprising payments made by the tenant under the lease and others, or (c) any other fund comprising payments made by the tenant under the lease and others, and held for the purposes of meeting costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the relevant building in question or any part of it (or in respect of that building or part and anything else).
- relevant residential unit
means— (a) in the case of works within subsection (1)(a), any residential unit in the building;
- relevant safety item
means— (a) anything that— (a) is in, or forms part of, the common parts (as defined by section 72), and (b) is intended to improve the safety of people in or about the building in relation to a building safety risk, or (b) any other prescribed thing.
- Relevant scheme
means—
- relevant service charge
means a service charge under a qualifying lease in respect of a relevant measure relating to any relevant defect.
- relevant services
means services provided by means of pipes, cables or other fixed installations.
- relevant social housing tenancy
has the meaning given in section 132 of the Land Registration Act 2002;
- relevant tenant
means a person who, at the qualifying time, was the tenant, or any of the tenants, under the lease mentioned in subsection (2);
- relevant unitary authority
means a council for a county in England so far as it is the council for an area for which there are no district councils.
- relevant works
means any of the following—
- remediation costs
means costs incurred or to be incurred in carrying out the remediation works;
- request
means a request made under section 13 or 14.
- requirement
includes a prohibition or restriction.
- Resident management company
means a body corporate which is party to a lease of a building where—
- residential unit
has the meaning given by section 115 of that Act.”
- restricted activity
means an activity that is prescribed for the purposes of this section;
- restricted function
means a function of a registered building control approver under this Part, or regulations made under this Part, that is prescribed for the purposes of this section. 6 A registered building control approver who contravenes subsection (2) or (3) without reasonable excuse commits an offence. 7 An offence under this section is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.”
- safety case report
has the same meaning as in section 85.
- safety-critical products
means construction products which are included in a list contained in construction products regulations.
- scheme
means a scheme established under section 126;
- service charge
has the meaning given by section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
- services
includes, in relation to a dwelling in a higher-risk building (as defined by section 30I), building safety measures within the meaning of section 30D;”
- special measures manager
has the meaning given by paragraph 1;
- special measures order
means an order under paragraph 4.
- special measures order proceedings
means any proceedings relating to the making, variation or discharge of, or the giving of directions in relation to, a special measures order under Schedule 7 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (including any appeals in relation to such proceedings). 5 Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument. 6 A power to make regulations includes power to make— a incidental, transitional or saving provision;
- specified
means specified in the notice. 35C 1 The building control authority may give a stop notice to a person appearing to the authority to be in control of any work if it appears to the authority that— a the carrying out of the work would contravene a provision of building regulations prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph, b a compliance notice relating to the work has been contravened, or c the work contravenes a provision of building regulations or a requirement imposed by virtue of such a provision, and the risk of serious harm condition is met. 2 For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) the “risk of serious harm condition” is that use of the building in question without the contravention having been remedied would be likely to present a risk of serious harm to people in or about the building. 3 A “stop notice” is a notice prohibiting, either immediately or from a specified time, the carrying out of specified work until the occurrence of such of the following as may be specified— a the taking of specified steps;
- technical assessment
means a documented assessment of the performance of a construction product.
- tenant
includes any person who has an obligation under the lease to pay a service charge (within the meaning of section 18). 7 The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend subsection (4) so as to add, remove or modify a building safety measure. 8 The regulations may make incidental, transitional or saving provision. 9 A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (7) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. 30E 1 This section applies to a lease of premises which consist of or include a dwelling in a higher-risk building if— a the landlord is an accountable person for the building, b the landlord is— i a resident management company within the meaning of section 111 of the Building Safety Act 2022, or ii an RTM company within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (right to manage), and c the tenant is liable to pay a service charge. 2 The lease has effect— a as if it contained provision authorising the appointment of a person (whether or not a leaseholder or a resident of the building) as a director of t
- the 1990 Act
means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
- the 1991 Regulations
means the Construction Products Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1620);
- the 2011 Regulation
means Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 (regulation laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products);
- the 2013 Regulations
means the Construction Products Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1387);
- the 2019 Regulations
means the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465);
- the 2020 Regulations
means the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1359);
- the appeal period
means the period beginning with the making of the appeal and ending with the final determination or withdrawal of the appeal.
- the building enactments
means the provisions of, and of instruments made under— (a) the Building Act 1984, and (b) Parts 2 and 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022;” “• “building function” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Building Safety Act 2022;”
- the built environment industry
means— (a) persons carrying on, for business purposes, activities connected with the design, construction, management or maintenance of buildings, and (b) employees of such persons;
- the commencement date
means the day on which section 135 of the Building Safety Act 2022 came into force.”
- the data protection legislation
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);
- the initial period
means the period of one year beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.
- the landlord group
means the relevant landlord and any person associated with the relevant landlord;
- the permitted maximum
means the permitted maximum as defined by paragraph 6 in relation to the lease;
- the pre-commencement period
means the period—
- the qualifying time
has the same meaning as in section 119;
- the regulator
means the Building Safety Regulator.
- the relevant address
means— (a) the address specified by the officer in writing, or (b) if no address has been specified, the principal office of the regulator.”
- the relevant part of the initial notice
means so much of the initial notice as relates to work that has become higher-risk building work. 52B 1 This section applies where an initial notice ceases to be in force, whether in whole or in part, by virtue of section 47(4)(b)(ia) (higher-risk building work). 2 If, before the day on which the relevant part of the initial notice ceased to be in force, a final certificate— a was given in respect of part of the work to which the relevant part of the initial notice relates, and b was accepted by the local authority, the fact that the relevant part of the initial notice has ceased to be in force does not affect the continuing operation of section 51(3
- the relevant period
means— a the period provided by building regulations as the period within which the building control authority is to make the decision, or b if the regulations provide that that period may be extended by agreement between the applicant and the building control authority and such an agreement is made, the agreed period.”
- the relevant provisions
means this Act and regulations made under it except the following provisions and any regulations made under them— a sections 56, 56A, 56B and 91A (records and registers etc);
- the relevant time
has the meaning given by section 85.
- the tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal.
- third party
means a person other than a tenant. 20E 1 In this section “regulations” means regulations under section 20D. 2 Regulations are to be made by statutory instrument. 3 A power to make regulations includes power to make— a incidental, transitional or saving provision;
- title plan
means a plan based on the Ordnance Survey map and referred to in the register of title.
- uncertified work
means any of the work— a to which the relevant part of the initial notice relates, and b in respect of which no final certificate has been accepted by the local authority as mentioned in subsection (2). 5 Sections 91(3) (duties of the regulator) and 121A(1) (meaning of “building control authority”) apply as if, in each case, the reference to section 91ZA or 91ZB were a reference to section 52B, 91ZA or 91ZB. 6 In any case where this section applies, the reference in subsection (4) of section 36 to the date of the completion of the work in question has effect, in relation to a notice under subsection (1) of that section, as if it were a reference to the date on which the re
- unfinished work
means all of the work to which the original initial notice related, except for any work in respect of which a final certificate was accepted by the local authority. 53C 1 This section applies where a registered building control approver gives a transfer certificate and a transfer report to a local authority in accordance with section 53B(3). 2 The local authority must, by notice, accept or reject the certificate and report before the end of the relevant period. 3 The local authority may reject the certificate and report only if— a any of the prescribed grounds exist, or b the registered building control approver fails to comply with a requirement in subsection (4) to give information to the local authority. 4 During the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the transfer certificate and transfer report is given to the local authority or such other period as may be prescribed, the local authority may, by notice, require the registered building control approver to give to the local authority such information as may be specified in the notice. 5 The registered building control approver must give the information specified in the notice to the local authorit
- urgent action notice
has the meaning given by section 99(4).
- use
includes storage, transportation or packaging;
- Welsh fire and rescue authority
means a fire and rescue authority, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, for an area in Wales. 8 Except as provided by subsection (9), the disclosure of information under this section does not breach— a any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or b any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed). 9 This section does not authorise a disclosure of information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, take into account the powers conferred by this section).”
- works
means works— (a) to remedy a relevant defect in a relevant building, or (b) in connection with the taking of relevant steps in relation to such a defect.