The Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Building Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 20C(2) (commissioning) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) This regulation applies to building work in relation to which paragraph L1(b) of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement, but does not apply to the provision or extension of any fixed building service where testing and adjustment is not possible or would not affect the energy efficiency of that fixed building service.”.

(3) In column 1 of paragraph L1 of Part L of Schedule 1(3) (conservation of fuel and power) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) providing fixed building services which— (i) are energy efficient; (ii) have effective controls; and (iii) are commissioned by testing and adjusting as necessary to ensure they use no more fuel and power than is reasonable in the circumstances; and”.

(4) In Schedule 2A(4) (self-certification schemes)—

(a) in column 2 of paragraph 3 for “An individual registered by” substitute “A person registered by NICEIC Group Limited(5), Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited(6),”;

(b) in column 1 of paragraph 4 for “50 kilowatts” substitute “100 kilowatts”.

(5) In Schedule 2B(7) (descriptions of work where no building notice or deposit of full plans required)—

(a) In paragraph 1—

(i) For sub-paragraphs (f) and (g) substitute—

“(f) in relation to an existing fixed building service, which is not a fixed internal or external lighting system—

(i) replacing any part which is not a combustion appliance;

(ii) adding an output device; or

(iii) adding a control device,

where testing and adjustment of the work is not possible or would not affect the use by the fixed building service of no more fuel and power than is reasonable in the circumstances;

(g) providing a self-contained fixed building service, which is not a fixed internal or external lighting system, where—

(i) it is not a combustion appliance;

(ii) any electrical work associated with its provision is exempt from the requirement to give a building notice or to deposit full plans by virtue of regulation 9 or regulation 12(5)(b);

(iii) testing and adjustment is not possible or would not affect its energy efficiency; and

(iv) in the case of a mechanical ventilation appliance, the appliance is not installed in a room containing an open-flued combustion appliance whose combustion products are discharged through a natural draught flue;”; and

(ii) at the end add—

“(j) replacing—

(i) a sanitary convenience;

(ii) a washbasin;

(iii) a fixed bath;

(iv) a fixed shower bath;

(v) a rainwater gutter; or

(vi) a rainwater downpipe,

where the work does not include any work to underground drainage, and includes no work to the hot or cold water system or above ground drainage which may prejudice the health or safety of any person on completion of the work.”; and

(b) in paragraph 4 after the definition of “kitchen” insert—

““self-contained” in relation to a fixed building service means consisting of a single appliance and any associated controls which is neither connected to, nor forms part of, any other fixed building service;”

(1)

S.I. 2000/2531.

(2)

Inserted by S.I. 2006/652.

(3)

Part L was substituted by S.I. 2006/652.

(4)

Inserted by S.I. 2002/440; substituted by S.I. 2006/652 and amended by S.I. 2006/3318.

(5)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 02513162.

(6)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 02876277.

(7)

Inserted by S.I. 2004/3210, amended by S.I. 2006/652.