Remediation Order
An order made by the First-tier Tribunal under the Building Safety Act 2022 requiring a landlord to remedy specified relevant defects in a relevant building. Can be applied for by the regulator, a local authority, a fire and rescue authority, or a person with a legal or equitable interest in the building.
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Section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations for and in connection with remediation orders, one of the Act's key enforcement tools for building safety defects. A remediation order is defined as an order, made by the First-tier Tribunal on the application of an interested person, requiring a relevant landlord to remedy specified relevant defects in a specified relevant building, or to take specified relevant steps in relation to a defect, by a specified time.
The class of people who can apply for a remediation order is deliberately wide: it includes the Building Safety Regulator, the local authority and fire and rescue authority for the area in which the building is situated, and any person with a legal or equitable interest in the building or part of it. A decision of the tribunal under this provision (other than one ordering payment of a sum) is enforceable, with the county court's permission, in the same way as a court order, giving remediation orders real practical teeth against landlords who fail to address relevant defects.
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