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title: "Building Assessment Certificate — UK Leasehold Glossary"
url: https://manage.management/glossary/building-assessment-certificate
description: "A certificate issued by the Building Safety Regulator confirming that the Accountable Person is complying with their duties for an occupied higher-risk building."
category: "Building Safety & Cladding"
publisher: Manage.Management
language: en-GB
---

# Building Assessment Certificate

A certificate issued by the Building Safety Regulator confirming that the Accountable Person is complying with their duties for an occupied higher-risk building.

## Related Building Safety & Cladding Terms

- [Building Safety Act 2022](https://manage.management/glossary/building-safety-act-2022): Landmark legislation introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire to improve building safety, particularly in higher-risk residential buildings. It creates new duties for those who own and manage buildings and new rights and protections for leaseholders.
- [Higher-Risk Building](https://manage.management/glossary/higher-risk-building): Under the Building Safety Act, a building that is at least 18 metres tall or has at least 7 storeys and contains two or more residential units. These buildings are subject to the strictest safety duties.
- [Accountable Person](https://manage.management/glossary/accountable-person): The organisation or individual responsible for managing fire and structural safety risks in a higher-risk building, usually the freeholder or management company. The Principal Accountable Person has lead responsibility where there is more than one.
- [Building Safety Regulator (BSR)](https://manage.management/glossary/building-safety-regulator-bsr): The body (part of the Health and Safety Executive) that oversees the safety of higher-risk buildings, registers occupied buildings, and enforces the Building Safety Act.
- [Golden Thread](https://manage.management/glossary/golden-thread): The requirement to keep accurate, up-to-date digital information about a building's design, construction and ongoing safety, accessible to those who need it throughout the building's life.
- [Safety Case Report](https://manage.management/glossary/safety-case-report): A report the Accountable Person must prepare for a higher-risk building, identifying the major fire and structural safety risks and showing how they are being managed.
- [Gateways](https://manage.management/glossary/gateways): Three mandatory approval points (planning, before construction, and before occupation) in the design and construction of higher-risk buildings, at which safety must be demonstrated to the Building Safety Regulator.
- [Remediation Order](https://manage.management/glossary/remediation-order): An order from the First-tier Tribunal requiring a landlord to fix specified building safety defects (such as unsafe cladding) within a set time. A Remediation Contribution Order can require a party to pay towards the cost of works.

[All 155 UK leasehold glossary terms](https://manage.management/glossary)