Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1995
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 1995/1356 |
1995 No. 1356
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
The Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1995
Made 23th May 1995
Laid before Parliament 31th May 1995
Coming into force 1st July 1995
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and 3(1) of, and paragraphs 2, 4, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 19841and 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, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st July 1995.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations 19912.
Amendment of the Building Regulations 1991
2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 5 (meaning of material change of use)—
(a)
(a) the word “or” after paragraph (e) shall be omitted; and
(b)
(b) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“or
(g)
(g) the building, which contains at least one dwelling, contains a greater or a lesser number of dwellings than it did previously.”
(3) In regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use), in paragraph 1(e), for “or (b)” there shall be substituted the following—
“, (b) or (g)”.
(4) In regulation 13A (unauthorised building work)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for the words “by building regulations to deposit plans” there shall be substituted the words “(whether by these Regulations, other building regulations, the Act or the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 19393) to deposit full plans”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph (4), for the words “Having taken such steps” there shall be substituted the words “When the applicant has taken any such steps required by the local authority”; and
(c)
(c) in paragraph (5)—
(i) the words “so far that” shall be omitted, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the word “contravening” there shall be substituted the word “unauthorised”.
Transitional Provisions
3.—(1) Where the conditions specified in paragraph (2) apply, the amendments to the principal Regulations...
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