# Building Safety Act 2022, Section 101: Offence: contravention giving rise to risk of death and serious injury

Extent: E+W

(1) An accountable person for a higher-risk building commits an offence if—
(a) without reasonable excuse, the accountable person contravenes a relevant requirement, and
(b) the contravention places one or more people in or about the building at critical risk.
(2) In subsection (1)—
“critical risk” means a significant risk of death or serious injury arising from a building safety risk;
“relevant requirement” means any requirement on an accountable person under, or under regulations made under, this Part except one that is prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum summary term for either-way offences or a fine (or both);
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);
and (in either case) is liable on summary conviction to a further fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the default continues after the initial conviction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/101 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/section-101
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