This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct an error in S.I. 2022/603 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 520
Building And Buildings, England
The Building etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023
Made
9th May 2023
Laid before Parliament
11th May 2023
Coming into force
5th June 2023
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of, and paragraphs 2, 4, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 5th June 2023.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to buildings and building work in England.
(4) In this regulation “building” and “building work” have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the Building Regulations 2010 ( 2 ).
Amendments to the Building Regulations 2010
2. —(1) The Building Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 7(3)(k) (materials and workmanship) for “A1fl or A2fl-sl” substitute “A1fl or A2fl-s1” .
(3) In regulation 17(2A) (completion certificates) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“ (cc) regulation 26C (target primary energy rates for new buildings); ” .
(4) In regulation 19(1) (supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities) after “27 (CO2 emission rate calculations),” insert “27A (fabric energy efficiency rate calculations), 27C (target primary energy rate calculations for new buildings),” .
Amendment to the Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021
3. In the Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021( 3 ) for regulation 17(1) (transitional provision) substitute—
“ (1) The amendments made by Parts 2 and 3 of these Regulations (other than regulations 9, 12 and 13) do not apply in relation to—
(a) building work to which regulation 9 (transitional provisions) of the Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 applies; and
(b) building work on a particular building, where a building notice or an initial notice has been given to, or full plans have been deposited with, a local authority, in respect of that building before 15th June 2022, provided that the building work on that building is started before 15th June 2023. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Lee Rowley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
9th May 2023
1984 c. 55 ; section 1 was amended by the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22) , section 1(1) to (3), and by the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (“ the 2022 Act ”), section 55 and Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 and 2. There are other amendments to section 1 which are not yet in force. Paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 1 are repealed by the 2022 Act, section 55 and paragraphs 1 and 83 of Schedule 5, but that amendment is not yet in force. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004, section 3(1) to (5) and by the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19) , section 11. Paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004, section 3(1),(6) and (7) and by the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29) , section 40(1) and (2). There are other amendments to paragraph 8 that are not yet in force. Paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 is substituted by the 2022 Act but that amendment is not yet in force.
S.I. 2010/2214 , as amended by S.I. 2012/3119 , 2013/1959 , 2014/110 , 2015/767 , 2016/285 and 1274 , 2018/1230 , 2021/1391 and 2022/603 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2021/1391 , as amended by S.I. 2022/603 .