Who can a domestic client ask to take on client duties?

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The main idea is that a private client can appoint someone else to carry out the client duties under CDM, to ensure health and safety responsibilities are managed. The best choice is to appoint the principal designer to take on those duties, and do so in writing. The principal designer is the appropriate lead for coordinating health and safety in the pre-construction phase, planning and coordinating designs, and ensuring risk control throughout the project. Having this appointment in a written agreement makes the responsibilities clear, demonstrates competence, and creates a clear point of accountability. Other roles like a project manager or site supervisor are important for delivery and site management, but they do not automatically assume the client duties under CDM. An architect could take on those duties only if formally appointed as the principal designer under a written agreement. So the correct approach is the principal designer with a written agreement.