# Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026, Section 18: Registers of category 1 buildings and category 2 buildings

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) A building safety authority must keep a register of category 1 buildings and category 2 buildings for which it is the building safety authority.
(2) An entry for a category 1 building or a category 2 building in a register must include—
(a) the address of the building;
(b) the category of the building under section 6;
(c) the height of the building for the purposes of that section;
(d) the number of storeys in the building for the purposes of that section;
(e) the name of the principal accountable person for the building (see section 9);
(f) an address in the United Kingdom at whic‍h an enforcing authority may give notices and other documents to the principal accountable person under this Act and regulations made under it;
(g) the telephone number (if any) and email address (if any) of the principal accountable person;
(h) any other information, and any documents, specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
(3) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about the publication by a building safety authority of its register or of information or documents included in its register.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-18
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

