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                           <Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>In <InternalLink Ref="part-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/part/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/part/4">this Part</InternalLink> “<Term id="term-higher-risk-building">higher-risk building</Term>” means a building in England that—</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>is at least 18 metres in height or has at least 7 storeys, and</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>contains at least 2 residential units.</Text>
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                           <Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision supplementing this section.</Text>
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                           <Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>The regulations may in particular—</Text>
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                                    <Text>define “building” or “<Term id="term-storey">storey</Term>” for the purposes of this section;</Text>
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                                    <Text>make provision about how the height of a building is to be determined for those purposes;</Text>
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                                    <Text>provide that “<Term id="term-higher-risk-building">higher-risk building</Term>” does not include a building of a prescribed description.</Text>
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                              <Text>Regulations made by virtue of <InternalLink Ref="section-65-3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/65/3" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/65/3">subsection (3)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-65-3-a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/65/3/a" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/section/65/3/a">(a)</InternalLink> may in particular define “building” so as to provide that it includes—</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>any other structure or erection of any kind (whether temporary or permanent);</Text>
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                                 <Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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                                    <Text>any vehicle, vessel or other movable object of any kind, in such circumstances as may be prescribed.</Text>
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                           <Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
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                              <Text>For the meaning of “residential unit” see section 115.</Text>
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