#2026/5Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026
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The law creates a new safety regime for residential buildings in Wales that contain two or more homes, and for some houses in multiple occupation. It classifies regulated buildings into three categories and places safety duties on “accountable persons” and, where relevant, a principal accountable person. For building owners, managers, landlords, and housing operators, the practical change is stronger responsibility for fire and structural safety. Category 1 and 2 buildings must be registered with building safety authorities, occupied buildings must have safety risks assessed and managed, and higher-risk buildings face extra duties on reporting, record-keeping, resident involvement, complaints, and information sharing.
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Key Changes
- Creates a building safety regime for residential buildings in Wales with two or more units and certain houses in multiple occupation
- Requires registration of category 1 and category 2 buildings with building safety authorities
- Places duties on accountable persons to assess and manage fire safety and, for higher categories, structural safety risks
Obligations
What this law requires
Register category 1 and category 2 regulated residential buildings with the relevant building safety authority.
Assess fire safety risks in occupied regulated buildings containing two or more residential units.
Manage identified fire safety risks in occupied regulated buildings containing two or more residential units.
Assess and manage structural safety risks in occupied category 1 and category 2 regulated buildings.
Prepare building safety reports for occupied category 1 regulated buildings.