Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1554
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
12th June 2000
Laid before Parliament
12th June 2000
Coming into force
3rd July 2000
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 5 of the Building Act 1984( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.
Amendment of the Building Regulations 1991
2.The Building Regulations 1991( 2 ) shall be amended by inserting the following Part after regulation 9 (exempt buildings and work):—
“ PART IIA EXEMPTION OF PUBLIC BODIES FROM PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
The Metropolitan Police Authority
9A. —(1) The Metropolitan Police Authority is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 5 of the Building Act 1984 (exemption of public bodies from the procedural requirements and enforcement of building regulations).
(2) The Metropolitan Police Authority is exempt from compliance with these Regulations in so far as the requirements of these Regulations are not substantive requirements. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
12th June 2000
1984 c. 55 ; see section 126 for the definition of “prescribed”.
S.I. 1991/2768 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations.