The Building Safety Act 2022 in England

The types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 will apply are if it:

a) it puts people’s safety at risk from the spread of fire, or structural collapse,

b) it has arisen from work done to a building, including the use of inappropriate or defective products, during its construction, or any later works (such as refurbishment or remediation)

c) it has been created in the 30 years prior to the leaseholder protections coming into force (meaning the defect had to be created from 28 June 1992 to 27 June 2022), and

d) it relates to at least one of the following types of works:

· the initial construction of the building,

· the conversion of a non-residential building into a residential building, or

· any other works undertaken or commissioned by or on behalf of the building owner.