The Building (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

Title, application and commencement

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Building (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3) These Regulations come into force on the following dates—

(a) this regulation and regulation 3 on 22 November 2022; and

(b) regulations 2 and 4 on 29 March 2023.

Amendment of the Building Regulations 2010

2.—(1) The Building Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (requirements), in Part L (conservation of fuel and power), in the second column of entry L2 (on-site generation of electricity) omit “Requirement L2 applies only to dwellings.”

Amendment of the Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022

3.—(1) The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 21(1) (transitional provision)—

(a) after “Regulations” in the first place it occurs insert “(other than regulations 14 and 17 )”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “individual building” insert “prior to the day these Regulations come into force”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“, or

(c) a relevant notification provision has been complied with before 31 July 2014 and building work has commenced before 31 July 2015 in accordance with the relevant notification provision.”

Transitional Provision

4.—(1) The amendment made by regulation 2 does not apply where—

(a) building work on a particular building has been commenced prior to 29 March 2023 in accordance with any relevant notification provision,

(b) a relevant notification provision has been complied with in relation to proposed building work on an individual building prior to 29 March 2023 and the building work has commenced within 12 months beginning with 29 March 2023, or

(c) a relevant notification provision has been complied with before 31 July 2014 and building work has commenced before 31 July 2015 in accordance with the relevant notification provision.

(2) In this regulation, “relevant notification provision” means regulation 12(2) of the Building Regulations 2010 and sections 47(1), 50, 51A(2) and 54 of the Building Act 1984.

Julie James

Minister for Climate Change, one of the Welsh Ministers

26 September 2022