# The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 34: Mandatory occurrence reporting: defences

Extent: E+W

Where a principal dutyholder has committed an offence under section 35 of the 1984 Act of contravening these Regulations by failing to follow the reporting procedure in relation to a safety occurrence as required by regulation 33, it is a defence for the principal dutyholder if they reasonably believed that the other principal dutyholder had—
(a) already notified the building control authority of the safety occurrence under regulation 33, and
(b) already provided the building control authority with a written report of the safety occurrence under regulation 33.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1321/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-higher-risk-buildings-procedures-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-34
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