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<Text>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend—</Text>
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<Text>section 2 to provide that in certain circumstances a building wholly or mainly in Wales is a regulated building, despite the building containing only one residential unit;</Text>
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<Text>Schedule 1 to add, remove or amend a description of building;</Text>
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<Text>section 3 to provide that the meaning of “<Term id="term-building">building</Term>” includes other structures or erections (temporary or permanent), or parts of them, either generally or in certain circumstances;</Text>
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<Text>section 4;</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>section 6 to—</Text>
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<Text>add, remove or amend a category of building;</Text>
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<Text>amend the meaning of “storey”;</Text>
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<Text>section 7;</Text>
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<Text>section 8;</Text>
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<Text>section 9;</Text>
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<Text>section 13;</Text>
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<Text>section 14‍.</Text>
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<Text>Before making regulations under this section, the Welsh Ministers must consult—</Text>
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<Text>each‍ county council and county borough council in Wales,</Text>
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<Text>each fire safety authority, and</Text>
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<Text>such other persons as they consider appropriate.</Text>
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