Moved by
Baroness Fox of Buckley
26: After Clause 74, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of provisions relating to accountable persons
(1) By the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which section 71 comes into force, the Secretary of State must undertake a review of the financial impact of accountable persons on leaseholders in higher-risk buildings.
(2) The review under subsection (1) may consider any matter appearing to the Secretary of State to be relevant, but must identify and quantify—
(a) all costs passed on to leaseholders in relation to any function of any accountable person under Part 4 of this Act; and
(b) any other costs passed on to leaseholders by any accountable persons.
(3) A Minister of the Crown must, as soon as practicable on completion of the review, lay a statement on its findings before Parliament.
(4) This section comes into force on the day this Act is passed.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment requires the government to identify and quantify all costs passed on to leaseholders under the accountable person regime, for example to check if Building Safety Manager costs have been rebadged and passed on.