{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/5",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Meaning of “principal accountable person”",
  "text": "(1) This section sets out the meaning of “principal accountable person” for a regulated building for the purposes of this Act.\n(2) The “principal accountable person” for a building with one accountable person is that accountable person.\n(3) The “principal accountable person” for a building with more than one accountable person is the accountable person who—\n(a) holds a legal estate in possession in the external structure of the building, or\n(b) is within section 8(2)(b) because of a relevant repairing obligation in relation to the external structure of the building.\n(4) In subsection (3) (and section 10(1)(b)), “the external structure” of a building means its foundations, external walls and roof except—\n(a) any part of the foundations, external walls or roof included in a demise of a residential unit (including a part of the building that would be a residential unit but for regulations made under section 5(6)(a));\n(b) the foundations, external walls or roof of any part of the building to be occupied for the purposes of a business or undertaking (whether for profit or not).\n(5) Subsection (3) is subject to sections 10 and 11 (determination by building safety authority or residential property tribunal).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 28.4.2026, see s. 138(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/9",
    "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."
}