PART 1 E+W SAFETY OF BUILDINGS CONTAINING TWO OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS

CHAPTER 2 E+W KEY TERMS

Regulated buildings, residential units and categories of building E+W

3 Meaning of “building” E+W

(1) This section sets out the meaning of “building” for the purposes of section 2.

(2) In the case of a structure that is not attached to another structure (an “unattached structure”), that structure is a building.

(3) In the case of structures that are attached to each other, those structures and any constructions attaching them (together a “set of structures”) are a building.

(4) But subsections (2) and (3) are subject to subsection (5).

(5) If an unattached structure or set of structures contains any independent parts, each independent part is a building (see section 4).

(6) In this section “structure” means a roofed construction with walls (whether or not the construction includes parts that do not have a roof or walls).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 3 in force at 28.4.2026, see s. 138(1)(a)