Guidance on the criteria for being a higher-risk building
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023.
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The guidance relates to the definition of higher-risk building during:
1. The design and construction of new higher-risk buildings
2. Building work in existing higher-risk buildings
3. The occupation phase of the higher-risk regime