S. 79 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 170(2)(a)

S. 79 in force at 16.1.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/40, reg. 2(a)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/79Building Safety Act 2022Statute Law Database2024-07-25Expert Participation2024-07-24Part 4Higher-risk buildingsRegistration and certificates
79Occupied building: duty to apply for building assessment certificate1

This section applies where the regulator directs the principal accountable person for an occupied higher-risk building to apply to the regulator for a building assessment certificate in relation to the building.

2

The principal accountable person for the building must make the application within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the direction is given.

3

A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence.

4

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum summary term for either-way offences or a fine (or both);

b

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

and (in either case) is liable on summary conviction to a further fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the default continues after the initial conviction.

5

In this section “building assessment certificate” means a certificate issued under section 81.