Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1989

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1989/1119
Year1989

1989 No. 1119

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1989

4thJuly 1989

11thJuly 1989

1stApril 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1), 3(1), 16(9), 47(1) and 126 (a) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984 (b) 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:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

Amendment of the Building Regulations 1985

2. The Building Regulations 1985 ( c) shall be amended as follows-

(1) In regulation 2(1) the following definitions shall be omitted, namely, "element", "exposed", "industrial building", "residential building", "solid parts", "U value", "wall" and "window".

(2) In regulation 3(3) the words "or paragraph L4 or L5" shall be omitted.


(a) See the definition of "prescribed".
(c) S.I. 1985/1065, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3) In regulations 6(1) (a) the words "G1 (food storage)" shall be omitted and after the words "sanitary conveniences" there shall be inserted the words "and washing facilities".

(4) For parts F, G, H and L of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the Parts respectively set out in the Schedule to these regulations.

(5) The following paragraph shall be inserted in regulation 11 after paragraph (5) (a)-

"(6) A person who intends to carry out building work consisting only of the installation of a hot water supply system in relation to which paragraph G3 (hot water storage) of Schedule 1 imposes requirements shall not be required to give a building notice or deposit full plans if-

(a) the system is approved by the British Board of Agrement, and(b) it is to be installed by or under the supervision of an installer approved by the Board.".

(6) In regulation 13(3)(b) the words after "these regulations" shall be omitted.

Consequential amendments to the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 1985

3. The Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 1985 ( b)shall be amended as follows-

(1) In regulation 10(2) for the words "any requirement of paragraph L2 or L3" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph L1".

(2) In regulation 27(2), for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted-

"(b) Part L (conservation of fuel and power) of Schedule 1 to those regulations.".

Transitional provisions

4. These Regulations shall not apply where-

(a) before 1st April 1990 a building notice has been given to, or full plans deposited with, a local authority or an initial notice or a public body's notice has been given in accordance with sections 47(1) and 54(1) respectively of the Building Act 1984, or(b) work is carried out after that date in accordance with any such notice or plans, whether with or without any departure or deviation from them,

and the Building Regulations 1985 and the Building (Approved Inspectors...

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