The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2013
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2013/1105 |
| Year | 2013 |
2013 No. 1105
Building And Buildings, England And Wales
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made 8th May 2013
Laid before Parliament 13th May 2013
Coming into force 3rd June 2013
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to measures relating to the environment.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 1 and 8(6) and paragraphs 1, 4, 4A, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 19843, having consulted, in accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England4and such other bodies as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests concerned.
Citation, commencement, application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 3rd June 2013.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, but do not apply in relation to any building in Wales, other than an excepted energy building.
(4) Regulations 3(2) and 3(3) apply in relation to—
(a)
(a) educational buildings and buildings of statutory undertakers5in Wales;
(b)
(b) Crown buildings in Wales; and
(c)
(c) building work carried out or proposed to be carried out by Crown authorities in Wales.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“educational buildings and buildings of statutory undertakers” means buildings which fall within paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of section 4(1) of the Building Act 1984; and
“excepted energy building” has the meaning given in the Schedule to the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions)(No.2) Order 20096.
Amendments to the Building Regulations 2010
3.—(1) The Building Regulations 20107are amended as set out in this regulation.
(2) For regulation 11(3) substitute—
“3 Sub-sections (1) to (5) of section 8 of the Act (relaxation of building regulations) do not apply to regulations 23(1)(a), 25A, 25B, 26, 29 (apart from regulations 29(4)(e), 29(9A), 29(10), 29(11) and 29(12)) and 29A.”.
(3) In regulation 34(1) before “21” insert “11(3),”.
(4) In column 2 of Schedule 3 (self-certification schemes and exemptions from requirement to give building notice or deposit full plans)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 13—
(i) for “or” where it occurs before “Stroma Certification Limited” substitute “,”; and
(ii) after “Stroma Certification Limited (in respect of work carried out in England or in relation to excepted energy buildings in Wales)” insert “or Certsure LLP8(in respect of work carried out in England or in relation to excepted energy buildings in Wales)”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 17—
(i) for “or” where it occurs before “Stroma Certification Limited” substitute “,”; and
(ii) after “Stroma Certification Limited” insert “or BRE Global Limited9(in respect of work carried out in England or in relation to excepted energy buildings in Wales)”;
(c)
(c) in paragraph 21—
(i) after “Stroma Certification Limited (in respect of work carried out in England or in relation to excepted energy buildings in Wales)” insert “, Certsure LLP (in respect of work carried out in England or in relation to excepted energy buildings in Wales)”;
(d)
(d) in paragraph 22—
(i) for “or” where it occurs before “Stroma Certification Limited” substitute “,”; and
(ii) after “Stroma Certification Limited” insert “or British Board of Agrément10”;
(e)
(e) in paragraph 23—
(i) for “or” where it occurs before “Stroma Certification Limited” substitute “,”; and
(ii) after “Stroma Certification Limited” insert “or British Board of Agrément”;
(f)
(f) in paragraph 24—
(i) for “or” where it occurs before “NAPIT Registration Limited” substitute “,”; and
(ii) after “NAPIT Registration Limited” insert “or British Board of Agrément”.
Don Foster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
8th May 2013
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Building Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”).
Regulation 3(2) contains a procedural amendment to regulation 11 of the 2010 Regulations. The...
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