The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Commencement Regulations are made by the Welsh Ministers under the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (“the 2022 Act”).

Regulation 2 brings into force on 5 September 2023 the provisions specified in that regulation and in the Schedule to these Regulations. Some of those provisions come into force in full, others come into force for the limited purposes of making regulations or preparing and publishing documents.

Regulation 3 brings into force provisions that make amendments to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 on 1 October 2023.

Regulation 4 brings into force provisions relating to the register of building inspectors and building control approvers on 1 January 2024 (although the provisions that enable registered building inspectors and registered building control approvers to undertake activities do not come into force at this time).

Regulations 5 and 6 make transitional provisions as a consequence of amendments made to the consultation requirements in section 14 (consultation on building regulations) of the Building Act 1984 (c. 55) (“the 1984 Act”) and amendments made to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Regulation 7 makes transitional provisions in relation to the coming into force of section 58Y of the Building Act 1984.

Regulations 8, 9 and 10 make savings provisions arising from the omission of section 106(3) of, and paragraphs 5 and 9 of Schedule 1 to, the 1984 Act, and the substitution of paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the 1984 Act.