C1C2C3C4C5C8C6C7 Part I Building Regulations
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) modified (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 60(2), Sch. 8 para. 18(1)
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art. 4(1)
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) excluded (18. 12. 1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 38, Sch. 10 para.7P
Pt. I (ss. 1-46) excluded (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 4(5) (subject to art. 1(3))
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 14 para. 8
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) excluded (24.9.2014) by The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2384), art. 1, Sch. 19 Pt. 1 para. 3
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) excluded (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(1), Sch. 22 para. 1
Pt. 1 excluded (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 22 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 22 para. 1(2)(3))
Power to make building regulations
1 Power to make building regulations.
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The F3appropriate national authority may, for any of the purposes of—
a
securing the health, safety, welfare and convenience of persons in or about buildings and of others who may be affected by buildings or matters connected with buildings,
F5b
furthering the conservation of fuel and power,
c
preventing waste, undue consumption, misuse or contamination of water,
d
furthering the protection or enhancement of the environment,
e
facilitating sustainable development, or
f
furthering the prevention or detection of crime,
make regulations with respect to the F2matters mentioned in subsection (1A) below.
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Those matters are—
a
the design and construction of buildings;
b
the demolition of buildings;
c
services, fittings and equipment provided in or in connection with buildings.
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Regulations made under subsection (1) above are known as building regulations.
3
Schedule 1 to this Act has effect with respect to the matters as to which building regulations may provide.
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The power to make building regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument, which is F4—
a
in the case of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
b
in the case of a statutory instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) restricted by Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53, SIF 102), ss. 31(1), 45, Sch. 7 Pt. VI para. 2