UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1987 No. 1445
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
The Building (Disabled People) Regulations 1987
Made 5th August 1987
Laid before Parliament 20th August 1987
Coming into force 14th December 1987
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 3(1) and 8(2) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 7, 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned in accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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Citation and commencementCitation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Disabled People) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 14th December 1987.
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Amendment of the Building Regulations 1985Amendment of the Building Regulations 1985
2. The Building Regulations 1985are amended as follows—
(1) in regulation 2(3), after “paragraph A3”, insert “and Part M”,
(2) in regulation 2(4)(a) and (6)(a), omit “or 2”,
(3) in regulation 3(2)(a), after “(external fire spread)”, insert “or Part M (Disabled People)”,
(4) in regulation 4(1)(a), for “Schedules 1 and 2” substitute “Schedule 1”,
(5) after Part L of Schedule 1 insert the Schedule to these Regulations as Part M,
(6) omit Schedule 2.
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Transitional ProvisionsTransitional Provisions
3. These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building Regulations 1985 as respects—
(1) building notices given or full plans deposited (under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985) before 14th December 1987, or
(2) initial notices or public body’s notices given (under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984) before 14th December 1987, or
(3) work carried out in accordance with such notices or plans with or without any departure or deviation therefrom, or
(4) work completed before 14th December 1987.
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(5)
SCHEDULE
Requirement |
Limits on application |
PART M — DISABLED PEOPLE |
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InterpretationM1.
In this Part—
“disabled people” means people with a physical impairment which limits their ability to walk and people who need to use a wheelchair for mobility; and
“relevant premises” means—
an office,
a shop,
so much (if any) of—
a factory (within the meaning of section 175 of the Factories Act 1961),
a school or other educational establishment,
any premises to which the public...
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