The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 856

Building And Buildings, England And Wales

The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made

5th September 2017

Laid before Parliament

7th September 2017

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(3)

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of and paragraphs 2, 4 and 4A of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984(1).

Citation, application and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to any building in Wales other than an excepted energy building, and “excepted energy building” has the same meaning as in the Schedule to the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009(2).

(3) (a) These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2017, except regulation 2(b).

(b) Regulation 2(b) comes into force on 28th February 2018.

Amendments to the Building Regulations 2010

2.  Schedule 3 (self-certification schemes and exemption from requirement to give building notice or deposit full plans) of the Building Regulations 2010(3) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs—

(a) in column 2, omit “Benchmark Certification Limited,” from paragraphs 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14 and 15;

(b) in column 2, for “BM Trada Certification Limited (4)” in paragraphs 10 and 11 substitute “Assure Certification Ltd”(5);

(c) in column 2, omit “,Network VEKA Limited” from paragraphs 10 and 11.

Alok Sharma

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

5th September 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 updates the list of competent person schemes that appear in Schedule 3 to the Building Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2214). A competent person scheme is a scheme that installers can register with to self-certify that their building work complies with the Building Regulations 2010.

No impact assessment has been produced for these Regulations as no impact, or minimal impact, on the public, private, or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1984 c.55. Section 1 was amended by section 1(1) to (3) of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 c 22 (“the 2004 Act”). In Schedule 1, paragraph 4A was inserted by section 8(1) of the 2004 Act.

(2)

S.I. 2009/3019.

(3)

S.I. 2010/2214 as amended by S.I. 2015/767, S.I. 2015/1486, S.I. 2016/285 and S.I. 2016/611. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this instrument.

(4)

A company formed and registered under the Companies Acts with the registration number 02110046.

(5)

A company formed and registered under the Companies Acts with the registration number 10675430.