This was also confirmed in parliament by Dehenna Davison, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), during the delegated legislative committee debate on the forthcoming regulations on key building information (more on that below). She added that, “from October 2023 it will be a criminal offence, with either a fine or imprisonment as a sanction, not to register or come forward to register”.