The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 564 (W. 130)

Building And Buildings, Wales

The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Made

20 May 2022

Laid before Senedd Cymru

24 May 2022

Coming into force

23 November 2022

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1, 34 and 47(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 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 the Building Act 1984(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”). Section 47 was amended by S.I. 1996/1905 and section 8 of the 2004 Act. For the definition of “prescribed” see section 126 of the Building Act 1984. Paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 8 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 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984 were, insofar 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”).

(3)

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