In this Part—

• “building” (except in section 28(6)) means any permanent or temporary building in England except a building of a prescribed description;

• “building function” has the meaning given by section 3;

• “the built environment industry” means—

  1. a

     persons carrying on, for business purposes, activities connected with the design, construction, management or maintenance of buildings, and

  2. b

     employees of such persons;

  and references to a person “in” the industry are to any such person or employee;

• “contravention” includes a failure to comply;

• “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);

• “disabled”: a person is disabled if the person has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities;

• “financial year” means a year ending with 31 March;

• “fire and rescue authority” means a fire and rescue authority, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, for an area in England;

• “local authority” means—

  1. a

     a district council or relevant unitary authority,

  2. b

     a London borough council,

  3. c

     the Common Council of the City of London,

  4. d

     the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple,

  5. e

     the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple, or

  6. f

     the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

• “maximum summary term for either-way offences”, with reference to imprisonment for an offence, means—

  1. a

     if the offence is committed before the time when paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 comes into force, 6 months;

  2. b

     if the offence is committed after that time, 12 months;

• “owner” has the meaning given by section 115;

• “personal data” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “registered building inspector” has the meaning given by section 58A of the Building Act 1984;

• “the regulator” has the meaning given by section 2;

• “resident” and “resident of a higher-risk building” have the same meaning as in Part 4 (see section 71(3) and (4)(c));

• “residential unit” means—

  1. a

     a dwelling, or

  2. b

     any other unit of living accommodation;

• “standard”: any reference to the standard of a building is to its standard from a technical perspective.

In subsection (1), in the definition of “local authority”, “relevant unitary authority” means a council for a county in England so far as it is the council for an area for which there are no district councils.