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The Building Safety Reform Team is continuing to develop policy for the proposed Building Safety (Wales) Bill.

An area of current focus is the challenges faced by local authorities in their role as the regulator of the new regime, so the team held a series of webinars in September and October to gauge response to the policy for the proposed bill.

Meanwhile, the Joint Inspection Team for Building Safety in Wales is now operational. The multidisciplinary team (covering building control, environmental health, fire and rescue and fire engineering) will act in an advisory capacity providing advice and making recommendations to existing enforcement authorities. For more, visit jit.wales

Additionally, Responsible Persons are being encouraged to submit an Expression of Interest to the Welsh government for remediation. Every residential building over 11 metres (which is typically five storeys or more) has a route to be made as fire safe as possible. Leaseholders will not have to pay for these fire safety works.

Further information on the Welsh Building Safety Fund can be found at b.link/WGOV_fund

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