Powers for new regulator to take at least a year, Hackitt admits

By Joey Gardiner2020-02-14T06:00:00

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Chair of shadow body overseeing fire safety says scope of regulator to widen

The proposed new building safety regulator being set up in the wake of the failings uncovered by the Grenfell Tower fire is not likely to be up and running until 2021, the woman chairing the transition process has admitted.

But Dame Judith Hackitt, who authored the post Grenfell review in to fire safety regulations and was last month appointed to chair the board that will oversee the move from the current system to a shadow regulator, said the scope of projects covered by the regulator was likely to be wider than originally envisaged.

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