​​Responsible Actors Scheme

On 3 July 2023, regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS) for residential developers under sections 126-129 of the Building Safety Act 2022 were signed into law. On 24 July 2023, government launched the Responsible Actors Scheme.

The Scheme will recognise action taken by responsible developers to identify and remediate or pay to remediate life-critical fire safety defects in residential buildings 11 metres or over in height which they developed or refurbished in England over the 30 years to 4 April 2022.

The Secretary of State is inviting developers who are likely to be eligible to join the Scheme. In order to join the Scheme, eligible developers will need to respond to the invitation, apply for membership and enter into the developer remediation contract.

Those who successfully sign up to the Scheme will have their names added to the Responsible Actors Scheme members list.

Any eligible developer who is invited to join but does not sign up to the Scheme or joins but has their membership revoked because they do not comply with the membership conditions, will be added to the Responsible Actors Scheme prohibitions list and will be prohibited from carrying out major development and from securing building control approval subject to limited exceptions.

If you believe that you meet the criteria but have not received an invitation to join, or you would like to volunteer to join the Scheme, further information on how to apply to join the Scheme can be found in the Responsible Actors Scheme enrolment guide.

More information about the Responsible Actors Scheme can be found in the Responsible Actors Scheme plain English guide.

More information on the regulations can be found in the explanatory memorandum.

The regulations made on 3 July 2023 and the Responsible Actors Scheme plain English and enrolment guides published on 24 July 2023 supersede the key features of the Scheme that were published on 24 March 2023.