Two years in prison for flouting building regs, says safety bill

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Draft Building Safety Bill confirms plans for new building safety regulator and new sanctions for breaches

The government has published new laws setting out details of how new building regulations intended to prevent another Grenfell disaster will be implemented in practice.

The draft Building Safety Bill, which was published yesterday, confirms the appointment of a new Building Safety Regulator which will regulate all residential buildings over 18m high with a consequential reduction of local authority building control and approved inspector powers.

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