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SCHEDULE 3AMENDMENTS OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000

7.—(1) The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) omit the definition of “fire and rescue authority”.

(3) In regulation 13(1) (approved inspector’s consultation with the fire authority)—

(a)omit sub-paragraph (a);

(b)for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

(b)a “relevant building” is a building or any part of it to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, or will apply after the completion of building work;;

(c)for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

(c)a “relevant change of use” is a material change of use where, after the change of use takes place, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 will apply, or continue to apply, to the building or any part of it..

(4) In regulation 18 (events causing initial notice to cease to be in force) for paragraph (2)(i) substitute—

(i)if the building is a relevant building as defined by regulation 13(1)(b), on the expiry of a period of four weeks beginning with the date of occupation; and.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2532; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2004/3168.