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Welsh Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1274 (W. 296)

Building And Buildings, Wale

The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Made

12 December 2017

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

15 December 2017

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1 and 34 of, and paragraphs 2, 4, 4A, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(1), now exercisable by them(2), 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 that Act(3), make the following Regulations.

(1)

1984 c. 55; section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22) (“the 2004 Act”); Paragraph 4A was inserted into Schedule 1 by section 8(1) of the 2004 Act; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the 2004 Act and by section 11 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19); and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the 2004 Act and section 40 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29).

(2)

The functions conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1 and 34 of and paragraphs 2, 4, 4A, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to 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) (“the 2009 Order”) subject to articles 3 and 4 of that Order.

(3)

Section 14(7) was added by the 2009 Order.