{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/5",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Review and appeal of certain decisions: key terms",
  "text": "(1) This section sets out the meaning of key terms for the purposes of this Chapter.\n(2) “Reviewable decision” means—\n(a) a decision not to register a building under section 20 unless that decision was made only by virtue of section 20(2) (failure to pay fee);\n(b) a decision about the category of a building under section 20(6)(c);\n(c) a decision not to revise the entry for a building in the register under section 22;\n(d) a decision to revise the entry for a building in the register under section 23;\n(e) a decision, other than one made pursuant to an application under section 25(2), to remove a building from the register under section 26;\n(f) a decision to refuse an application for a building certificate under section 44.\n(3) “Affected person” means—\n(a) in relation to a decision mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of subsection (2), an accountable person for the category 1 building or category 2 building to which the decision relates (or a person who would be an accountable person for the building if the building were a category 1 building or a category 2 building);\n(b) in relation to a decision mentioned in paragraphs (c), (d) and (f) of subsection (2), the principal accountable person for the category 1 building or category 2 building.\n(4) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations—\n(a) amend the list of decisions in subsection (2) by—\n(i) adding a decision of a building safety authority,\n(ii) removing a decision, or\n(iii) varying the description of a decision;\n(b) amend the meaning of “affected person”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 63 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 138(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/5",
      "affecting_title": "Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.263160+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."
}