Andy McGrory, Policy Lead for Resident Engagement answers some of the common questions asked of the Building Safety Regulator. These questions were part of our recent webinars and we've taken the opportunity to answer them here for more clarity.

00:08 Question 1: Can a managing agent appointed by the directors of a Resident Management Company be the Principal Accountable Person?
00:54 Question 2: Is an individual director of a Resident Management Company the Principal Accountable Person?
01:18 Question 3: Is an individual director of a Resident Management Company personally liable for any breach of the law or is the Resident Management Company responsible?
03:08 Question 4: Is the Accountable Person the same as the Responsible Person?
03:50 Question 5: Do I require a type 4 Fire Risk Assessment including intrusive inspection of compartmentation?
05:18 Question 6: Do I have to have an intrusive structural survey of my building?
06:35 Question 7: Do I have to use consultants?
07:24 Question 8: What is the format of the safety case report and what information should it contain? Will the Building Safety Regulator be producing a template?
08:28 Question 9: Where there is a number of individual HRBs in a development does each one need a safety case, a safety case report and a residents engagement strategy, even where much of the information is the same or similar?
10:14 Question 10: What is the hourly rate charged by the Building Safety Regulator to assess a Safety Case Report?
11:03 Question 11: How many hours on average will it take the Building Safety Regulator to assess a safety case report?
12:36 Question 12: Does resident engagement mean we have to do everything everyone wants?
13:20 Question 13: If a Building Assessment Certificate application is refused, is the building unsafe and will everyone have to move out?

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