{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/section-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/section-77.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/30",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Occupation: registration requirement",
  "text": "(1) The principal accountable person for a higher-risk building commits an offence if the building is occupied but not registered.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for the building being occupied but not registered.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum summary term for either-way offences or a fine (or both);\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);\nand (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.\n(4) In this section “registered” means registered under section 78.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 77 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 170(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 77 in force at 1.10.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(q)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:43.272944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}