The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment No. 3) and Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Regulations 2013

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 2730 (W. 264)

Building And Buildings, Wales

The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment No. 3) and Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Regulations 2013

Made

22 October 2013

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

25 October 2013

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(4) and 8(1) of the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011(1) (“the Measure”) and conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(1), 1A, 2, 3, 34 and 47(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(2) (“the Act”), now exercisable by them(3), having consulted as they consider appropriate in accordance with section 8(1)(d) of the Measure and having consulted the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales and such other bodies as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned in accordance with section 14(7) of the Act, make the following Regulations:

(1)

2011 nawm 3.

(2)

1984 c.55. Section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22). Section 1A was inserted by section 2 of that Act. Section 47(1) was amended by section 8 of that Act and S.I. 1996/1905. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of that Act and by section 11 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19). Paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and by section 40 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29). There are other amendments to this Act which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

The functions conferred on the Secretary of State by the Building Act 1984 were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Welsh Ministers by the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019), subject to articles 3 and 4 of that Order.