Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 671
Building And Buildings, England And Wales
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
10th March 2008
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2008
Coming into force
6th April 2008
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 35A(2) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 6th April 2008.
Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000
2. —(1)The Building Regulations 2000( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 12(5)(a)( 3 ) (giving of a building notice or deposit of plans) omit “, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule have effect for the purposes of the descriptions in the Table”.
(3) After regulation 22( 4 ) (contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence) insert—
“ Time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain regulations
22A. The following regulations are designated as provisions to which section 35A of the Act (time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain building regulations) applies—
(a) regulations 4 and 6 ( 5 ) , to the extent that Part L of Schedule 1 (conservation of fuel and power) imposes a requirement; and
(b) regulations 4A, 4B, 17C and 17D ( 6 ) . ” .
(4) In column 2 of paragraph 10 of the Table in Schedule 2A (self-certification schemes) for “BRE Certification Limited” substitute “EC Certification Limited( 7 )”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Iain Wright
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
10th March 2008
1984 c.55 ; section 1(1) was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22) ; section 35A was inserted by section 13(1) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19) .
Regulation 12(5) was substituted by S.I. 2004/3210 .
Regulation 22 was amended by S.I. 2006/652 .
Regulations 4 and 6 were amended by S.I. 2006/652 ; there are other amendments to regulation 6 but none is relevant.
Regulations 4A, 4B, 17C and 17D were inserted by S.I. 2006/652 .
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