Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2023 2

The following provisions of the 2022 Act come into force on 1st October 2023—

a

section 4 (duty to facilitate building safety), for all remaining purposes;

b

section 10 (committee on industry competence);

c

section 19 (annual report about information provided under mandatory reporting requirements);

d

section 21 (report on certain safety-related matters);

e

section 26 (right of appeal: requirement for review before appeal);

f

section 32 (building control authorities), for all remaining purposes;

g

section 36 (lapse of building control approval etc), for all remaining purposes;

h

section 38 (compliance and stop notices), for all remaining purposes;

i

section 39 (breach of building regulations), for all remaining purposes;

j

section 40 (liability of officers of body corporate etc);

k

section 42 (regulation of building control profession), so far as it relates to inserting Part 2A into the 1984 Act excluding sections 58H to 58L, 58T to 58W and 58Z1 to 58Z8 of that Act;

l

section 46 (higher-risk building work: registered building control approvers), for all remaining purposes;

m

section 54 (functions under Part 3 of Building Act 1984);

n

section 55 so far as it relates to the following paragraphs of Schedule 5 to the 2022 Act (minor and consequential amendments)—

i

paragraph 4, for all remaining purposes;

ii

paragraph 5, for all remaining purposes;

iii

paragraphs 7 and 8;

iv

paragraph 11, for all remaining purposes;

v

paragraph 12, for all remaining purposes;

vi

paragraph 13, for all remaining purposes;

vii

paragraph 14, for all remaining purposes;

viii

paragraph 15, for all remaining purposes;

ix

paragraphs 18 to 21;

x

paragraph 22, for all remaining purposes;

xi

paragraphs 23 to 37;

xii

paragraph 39;

xiii

paragraph 40, for all remaining purposes;

xiv

paragraph 41;

xv

paragraph 42, for all remaining purposes;

xvi

paragraph 43;

xvii

paragraph 44(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 44(2);

xviii

paragraph 44(2);

xix

paragraph 45;

xx

paragraph 46, for all remaining purposes;

xxi

paragraphs 47 to 49;

xxii

paragraph 54;

xxiii

paragraph 55, for all remaining purposes;

xxiv

paragraph 57, for all remaining purposes;

xxv

paragraphs 58 to 66;

xxvi

paragraphs 68 to 70;

xxvii

paragraphs 72 and 73;

xxviii

paragraph 74, for all remaining purposes;

xxix

paragraph 76, for all remaining purposes;

xxx

paragraph 79;

xxxi

paragraph 80, for all remaining purposes;

xxxii

paragraph 81, for all remaining purposes;

xxxiii

paragraph 83, for all remaining purposes;

xxxiv

paragraph 84, for all remaining purposes;

xxxv

paragraph 86;

xxxvi

paragraph 90;

o

section 56 (appeals) so far as it relates to the following paragraphs of Schedule 6 to the 2022 Act (appeals and other determinations)—

i

paragraphs 1 to 29;

ii

paragraph 30, for all remaining purposes;

p

section 76 (requirement for completion certificate before occupation);

q

section 77 (occupation: registration requirement);

r

section 78 (registration of higher-risk buildings), for all remaining purposes;

s

section 99 (compliances notices);

t

section 100 (compliance notices: supplementary);

u

section 103 (appeals against compliance notice etc);

v

section 104 (appeals against decisions of the regulator made under this Part);

w

section 105 (appeals against decisions of the regulator made under regulations);

x

section 106 (appeals: supplementary);

y

section 161 (liability of officers of body corporate etc).