Sections 46, 88 and 91(2).
1Sections . . . F1, . . . F2 24(1), (2) and (4), 25 . . . F2 of this Act do not apply to inner London.
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F1Number repealed by S.I. 1985/1936, reg. 3(1)(2), Sch. 3 para. 20, Sch. 4
F2Words repealed by S.I. 1987/798, regs. 3(3), 4, Sch. 4 Pt. I
2(1)Where, by section 91(2) above or by building regulations made under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to this Act or paragraph 14(1) of this Schedule, local authorities, or a prescribed person or class of persons other than local authorities, are made responsible for—
(a)enforcing, or
(b)performing prescribed functions under or in connection with,
building regulations in force in inner London, then, without prejudice to the said paragraphs 6 and 14(1), building regulations may in that connection provide for any relevant provision to apply (with any prescribed modifications, and notwithstanding paragraph 1 above) in relation to any such authority, person or class of persons as that provision applies in relation to a local authority outside inner London.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above, “relevant provision” means any of the following provisions of this Act that may be prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above: sections 4, 8 to 10, 16, 18(1), (4) and (5), 21 to 23, 24(1), (2) and (4), 26 to 29, 32, 36, 37, 39 and 40.
3Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 1 to this Act, building regulations may repeal or modify—
(a)any provision of the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939,
(b)any provision of an Act passed before the 20th September 1974, in so far as that provision—
(i)applies to or to any part of inner London, and
(ii)relates to, or to the making of, byelaws for or for any part of inner London with respect to any matter for or in connection with which provision can be made by building regulations, or
(c)any provision of byelaws made or having effect under the said Acts or of any such byelaws as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) above,
if it appears to the Secretary of State that the repeal or, as the case may be, the modification of that provision is expedient—
(i)in consequence of the application of any of sections 61, 62 and 67 of the M1Public Health Act 1936, sections 4(2), (5), (6) and (7), 5 and 9 of the M2Public Health Act 1961 and sections 61 to 74 and 76 of the M3Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to inner London by virtue of section 70(1) of the said Act of 1974 (which section is repealed by and incorporated in this Act),
(ii)in consequence of paragraph 2 or 14 of this Schedule, or
(iii)in connection with any provision contained in building regulations that aply to or to any part of inner London.
4Before making any building regulations that provide for the repeal or modification of any such provision the Secretary of State shall (without prejudice to the requirements as to consultation in [F3section 120B(3)] of this Act) consult [F4any local authority] who appear to him to be concerned.
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F3Words in Sch. 3 para. 4 substituted (1.4.2023) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 85; S.I. 2023/362, reg. 2(2)(c)
F4Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 14(4)(b)(i)
5Sections 71 [F5, 72(1) to (4), (6) and (7), 73]to 75, 77 to 83, 85 and 90 of this Act do not apply to inner London.
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F5Words inserted by S.I. 1987/798, regs. 2(3), 4
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C1Sch. 3 para. 5 applied (with modifications)(20.9.2000) by 2000 c. vii, s. 45(5)
6Sections 59 to 61 of this Act do not apply to the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple.
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F6Sch. 3 paras. 7-9 repealed by S.I. 1987/798, regs. 3(3), 4, Sch. 4 Pt. I
10(1)[F7The council of an inner London borough may make byelaws in relation to the demolition of buildings in the borough]—
(a)requiring the fixing of fans at the level of each floor of a building undergoing demolition,
(b)requiring the boarding up of windows in a building from which sashes and glass have been removed,
(c)regulating the demolition of internal parts of buildings before any external walls are taken down,
(d)requiring the placing of screens or mats, the use of water or the taking of other precautions to prevent nuisances arising from dust,
(e)regulating the hours during which ceilings may be broken down and mortar may be shot, or be allowed to fall, into any lower floor,
(f)requiring any person proposing to demolish a building to give to the borough council such notice of his intention to do so as may be specified in the byelaws.
(2)Byelaws under this paragraph may make different provision for different cases, and in particular may provide that, in their application to an area specified in the byelaws, the byelaws shall have effect subject to such modifications or exceptions as may be so specified.
(3)No byelaws under this paragraph shall apply to a building (not being a dwelling-house) belonging to a board carrying on a railway undertaking and used by that board as a part of, or in connection with, that undertaking.
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F7Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 14(4)(b)(2)
11E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
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F8Sch. 3 para. 11 repealed by S.I. 1987/798, regs. 3(3), 4, Sch. 4 Pt. I
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13Part IV of this Act does not apply in relation to this Part of this Schedule, . . . F10
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F10Words repealed by S.I. 1987/798, regs. 3(3), 4, Sch. 4 Pt. I
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