The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Regulation 2(6)

SCHEDULE NEW SCHEDULE 2A TO THE BUILDING REGULATIONS 2000

Regulation 12(5)

“SCHEDULE 2A EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENT TO GIVE BUILDING NOTICE OR DEPOSIT FULL PLANS

Column 1	Column 2
Type of work	Person carrying out work
Installation of a heat-producing gas appliance.	A person, or an employee of a person, who is a member of a class of persons approved in accordance with regulation 3 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998(1).
Installation of— (a) an oil-fired combustion appliance which has a rated heat output of 45 kilowatts or less and which is installed in a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement); or (b) oil storage tanks and the pipes connecting them to combustion appliances.	An individual registered under the Oil Firing Registration Scheme by the Oil Firing Technical Association for the Petroleum Industry Ltd(2) in respect of that type of work.
Installation of a solid fuel burning combustion appliance which has a rated heat output of 50 kilowatts or less and which is installed in a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement).	An individual registered under the Registration Scheme for Companies and Engineers involved in the Installation and Maintenance of Domestic Solid Fuel Fired Equipment by HETAS Ltd(3) in respect of that type of work.
Installation of— (a) a service or fitting in relation to which Part G of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement; (b) a foul water drainage system in relation to which paragraph H1 of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement; (c) a rainwater drainage system in relation to which paragraph H3 of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement; or (d) a hot water vessel in relation to which paragraphs L1 and L2 of Schedule 1 impose requirements, which is installed in or in connection with a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement) and which does not involve connection to a drainage system at a depth greater than 750mm from the surface.	An individual registered under the Approved Contractor Person Scheme (Building Regulations) by the Institute of Plumbing(4) in respect of that type of work.
Installation, as a replacement, of a window, rooflight, roof window or door in an existing building.	A person registered under the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme by Fensa Ltd in respect of that type of work.
Any building work which is necessary to ensure that any appliance, service or fitting which is installed and which is described in the preceding entries in column 1 above, complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1.	The person who installs the appliance, service or fitting to which the building work relates and who is described in the corresponding entry in column 2 above.”

Interpretation and application

1.  For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “appliance” includes any fittings or services, other than a hot water storage vessel which does not incorporate a vent pipe to the atmosphere, which form part of the space heating or hot water system served by the combustion appliance; and

• “building work” does not include the provision of a masonry chimney.

2.  The final entry in the table above does not apply to building work which is necessary to ensure that a heat-producing gas appliance complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1 unless the appliance—

(a) has a net rated heat input of 70 kilowatts or less; and

(b) is installed in a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement).

(1)

S.I. 1998/2451.

(2)

Registered in England and Wales no. 2739706.

(3)

Registered in England and Wales no. 2117828.

(4)

Registered in England and Wales no. 92374.