The Government should provide clear justification for combining in one body both regulation of the industry and decision-making in relation to higher-risk buildings. If this is desirable, there must be a clear statutory requirement that those involved in decision-making about individual cases of professional competence are wholly operationally independent of those involved in regulation of higher-risk buildings.

The Government should provide clear justification for combining in one body both regulation of the industry and decision-making in relation to higher-risk buildings. If this is desirable, there must be a clear statutory requirement that those involved in decision-making about individual cases of professional competence are wholly operationally independent of those involved in regulation of higher-risk buildings. Type: recommendation | Number: 38 | Paragraph: 129 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Government acknowledges that there may be a perception of conflict arising from the Building Safety Regulator’s dual role as regulator of the building control profession and building control body for higher-risk buildings. However, we consider that this is outweighed by the benefit of having a s