What counts as evidence under Awaab's Law?

Awaab's Law turns on one question after a hazard appears: can you prove what you knew, and when you knew it.

The deadlines get the attention. The evidence is what gets tested when something goes wrong.

A photo proves a moment. The law asks about the building over time.

What you actually have to show

The duties are time-bound, and each one needs a date you can stand behind.

• When you became aware of the hazard — the moment the clock started.
• The written summary of your investigation, within 3 working days of it concluding.
• What you did, and the day you started — within 5 working days of finding a significant hazard.
• That an emergency was made safe — within 24 hours.

Why a photo and a clipboard fall short

A visual inspection captures one moment in one room. It says nothing about the night before or the three weeks since. When the only record is a photo and a date someone wrote down, the timeline has gaps — and the gaps are where the risk lived.

Mould is rarely a surprise to the building. The conditions that grew it were present long before anyone saw it. Evidence that begins at the complaint begins too late.

What continuous evidence looks like

Measure humidity, temperature, dew point and mould risk in each dwelling, every few minutes, and the evidence stops being a snapshot. It becomes a timeline.

• The day conditions crossed the line — logged, not remembered.
• Every reading in between — the proof you were watching.
• The action taken, recorded against the same line.
• The day it cleared — the case closed with data, not opinion.

That record is the written summary the law asks for, already written. It is also the difference between defending a decision and guessing at one.

The point

Awaab's Law does not ask you to beat physics. It asks you to know in time, and to prove it. Evidence you can stand behind is a record of the building, not a memory of a visit.

Hold the timeline, and the summary writes itself.