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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations amend the Building Regulations 2000 (S.I.2000/2531),“the principal Regulations”. The main changes are:regulation 2(2) amends the definition of “room for residential purposes” in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations to clarify the position, so that it is clear that where a room separated or arranged in a cluster of rooms (such as a group of study-bedrooms in a student accommodation block) is used by one or more persons to live and sleep in, each individual room is a “room for residential purposes” rather than the cluster collectively;changes to the requirements for specified material changes of use (amendments to regulation 6) of the principal Regulations in regulation 2(3);regulation 20A of the principal Regulations contains a requirement for sound insulation testing. That regulation comes into force, as regards new houses and buildings containing flats, on 1st July 2004( see S.I.2002/2871 amended by S.I.2003/3133). Regulation 2(4) and (5) of these Regulations, coming into force on the same day, introduce an alternative provision into the Regulations so that the requirement for testing does not apply where the person carrying out the building work notifies the local authority in accordance with the Regulations that he is using one or more of the design details approved by Robust Details Limited. The requirement for testing in regulation 20A(2) continues to apply to parts of the building to which paragraph E1 of Schedule 1 applies, which are not covered by the notification;the limit on the application of requirement A3 (disproportionate collapse) in Part A of Schedule 1 (Structure) has been removed, so that the requirement that buildings shall be constructed so that, in the event of an accident, the building will not suffer collapse to an extent disproportionate to the cause now applies to buildings irrespective of the number of storeys (regulation 2(6));amendments to the requirements of Part C (site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture) and F (ventilation), (regulation 2(8) and the Schedule) (the effect of the existing requirement F2 (condensation in roofs) is now contained in requirement C2 which includes interstitial and surface condensation);regulation 3 contains transitional provisions.
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29 September 2016
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
Section 60(1) and (2) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (the Act) provides that ecclesiastical buildings which are for the time being used for ecclesiastical purposes are not subject to sections 3, 4, 7 to 9, 47, 54 and 59 of the Act. These relate to listed building control, including building preservation notices, restrictions on works of demolition, alteration or extension, compulsory acquisition of buildings in need of repair, urgent preservation works by a local authority, the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England and the Secretary of State, and offences in relation to intentional damage. Section 75 of the Act provides that ecclesiastical buildings which are for the time being used for ecclesiastical purposes are not subject to section 74 of the Act which relates to the control of demolition of buildings in a conservation area. These exemptions are commonly collectively referred to as ecclesiastical exemption.
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2 August 2016
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
Section 6AA of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 enables an applicant for building warrant under section 6 of the Act to submit with his application a certificate issued by a prescribed person certifying that the design of the building complies with prescribed provisions of the building standards regulations. Such a certificate must be accepted by the local authority as conclusive of the facts to which it relates.
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1 August 2016
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations make procedural provision for applications for listed building consent, for conservation area consent, for the variation or discharge of conditions attached to listed building consents or conservation area consents, and for appeals in respect of these matters.
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Last updated:
27 July 2016
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
The Building Regulations 2000 (S.I.2000/2531 as amended by S.I. 2000/3335, S.I. 2002/440, S.I. 2002/2871 and S.I. 2003/2692), “the principal Regulations”, impose requirements on people carrying out certain building operations. The Building (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2004 (“the No. 2 Regulations”) made certain amendments with respect to electrical safety. These Regulations revoke the No. 2 Regulations, and incorporate the same amendments with some minor alterations and additional amendments to the principal Regulations. In addition to minor and drafting amendments the following changes of substance to the principal Regulations are made.
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29 September 2016
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (c.17) (“the Act”) requires relevant authorities to keep a register of individuals and associations of individuals who are seeking to acquire serviced plots of land in the authority’s area. These Regulations are made under section 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Act and make provision in relation to the definition of a serviced plot of land and registers kept under the Act.
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Last updated:
11 October 2016
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Scottish Statutory Instrument
These Regulations make further amendments to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (the “1990 Regulations”). The amendments deal mainly with Part D (Structural Fire Precautions), Part E (Means of Escape from Fire, Facilities for Fire-fighting and Means of Warning of Fire), Part J (Conservation of Fuel and Power), Part M (Drainage and Sanitary Facilities) and with minor amendments to other Parts of the Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990.
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Last updated:
10 January 2017
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Scottish Statutory Instrument
This Order makes saving provisions in relation to the changes made to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the Listed Buildings Act”) on 1stDecember 2011 by section 20(3) and section56 of and the Schedule to the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006. Article 2 preserves the provisions of section 16 of the Listed Buildings Act (which require conditions relating to the duration of the consent to be imposed when granting listed building consent) as they had effect immediately before 1st December 2011 in respect of a listed building consent granted before that date. Article 3 preserves the right to be heard during the process for determining an appeal under section 18 or 35 of the Listed Buildings Act where notice of appeal is given before 1stDecember 2011.
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Last updated:
21 July 2016
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Welsh Statutory Instrument
Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (“the Act”) makes provision as regards the terms of construction contracts and related matters. Section 106A(2) of that Act confers power on the Welsh Ministers to disapply, by order, any or all provisions of Part 2 (so far as extending to England and Wales) in relation to any description of construction contracts concerning the carrying out of specified construction operations in Wales.
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Last updated:
27 April 2023
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Scottish Statutory Instrument
These Regulations make further amendments to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (the “1990 Regulations”) and the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1981. The amendments deal mainly with Part F (Heat-Producing Installations and Storage of Liquid and Gaseous Fuels) and Part T (Access and Facilities for Disabled People) of the Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990.
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Last updated:
10 January 2017