Housing and Building Control Act 1984
An Act to make further provision with respect to the disposal of, and the rights of secure tenants of, dwelling-houses held by local authorities and other bodies in England and Wales; to amend the law of England and Wales relating to the supervision of building work, the building regulations, sanitation and buildings and building control; and for connected purposes.
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Part I
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Part II
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Part III Miscellaneous amendments relating to building work
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60 Amendments of enactments relating to sanitation and buildings.
(1)
Part XII of the 1936 Act (enforcement and other general provisions) shall have effect as if so much of Part II of the 1961 Act (sanitation and buildings) as does not relate to building regulations were contained in Part II of the 1936 Act.
(2)
In the following provisions, namely—
(a)
so much of Part II of the 1936 Act (sanitation and buildings) as does not relate to building regulations;
(b)
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(c)
so much of Part II of the 1961 Act as does not relate to building regulations,
expressions which are defined by subsection (1) of section 82 of the 1974 Act shall have the meanings given by that subsection.
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62 Interpretation of Part III.
(1)
In this Part of this Act—
“the 1936 Act” means the M1Public Health Act 1936;
“the 1961 Act” means the M2Public Health Act 1961;
“the 1974 Act” means the M3Health and Safety at Work etc, Act 1974;
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(2)
Any reference in this Part of this Act to the carrying out of work includes a reference to the making of a material change of use, as defined by and for the purposes of building regulations.
Part IV Miscellaneous and General
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66 Short title, commencement and extent.
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Housing and Building Control Act 1984.
(2)
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(4)
This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
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SCHEDULE 8—10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13
SCHEDULE 11
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1—3.
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4, 5.
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6—34.
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SCHEDULE 12F18. . .
Part I Repeals Relating to Building Control
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Part II Further Repeals
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