The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008
| Year | 2008 |
2008 No. 671
Building And Buildings, England And Wales
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made 10th March 2008
Laid before Parliament 13th March 2008
Coming into force 6th April 2008
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 35A(2) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 19841:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 6th April 2008.
Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000
2.—(1) The Building Regulations 20002are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 12(5)(a)3(giving of a building notice or deposit of plans) omit “, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule have effect for the purposes of the descriptions in the Table”.
(3) After regulation 224(contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence) insert—
“Time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain regulations
22A. The following regulations are designated as provisions to which section 35A of the Act (time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain building regulations) applies—
(a) regulations 4 and 65, to the extent that Part L of Schedule 1 (conservation of fuel and power) imposes a requirement; and
(b) regulations 4A, 4B, 17C and 17D6.”.
(4) In column 2 of paragraph 10 of the Table in Schedule 2A (self-certification schemes) for “BRE Certification Limited” substitute “EC Certification Limited7”.
Iain Wright
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
10th March 2008
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Building Regulations 2000.
Regulation 2(3) of these Regulations inserts a new regulation 22A, which designates provisions of building regulations to which section 35A of the Building Act 1984 applies. Section 35A provides for an extended time limit for bringing prosecutions for contravention of designated provisions. For designated provisions, the time limit is extended from 6 months from the date of a contravention to a maximum of 2 years from that date. The 2 year limit is subject to a provision that the prosecution must be brought within 6 months of the date on which evidence sufficient to justify bringing the prosecution comes to the...
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