Schedules

Schedule 5Minor and consequential amendments in connection with Part 3

Part 1Amendments of the Building Act 1984

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(1)

Schedule 1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1(b) for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”.

(3)

Omit paragraphs 2 to 5.

(4)

In paragraph 6—

(a)

for “local authorities”, in both places it occurs, substitute “building control authorities”;

(b)

for “local authority” substitute “building control authority”.

(5)

In paragraph 7A(4) for “under paragraph 4A” substitute “by virtue of paragraph 1A.

(6)

In paragraph 8—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1)(e) omit the words “for the purposes of this paragraph”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2) for “(6)” substitute “(7)”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(7)

The provision that may be made by building regulations includes provision imposing a requirement to do things for the purpose mentioned in section 1(1)(b) (conserving fuel and power) in any case where a building becomes a building of a prescribed description.”

(7)

Omit paragraph 9.

(8)

For paragraph 10 substitute—

“10

(1)

Building regulations may make supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(2)

Building regulations may make—

(a)

different provision for different purposes, and

(b)

different provision for different areas.

(3)

The power conferred by sub-paragraph (2)(a) includes in particular the power to make different provision for—

(a)

higher-risk buildings or proposed higher-risk buildings, or

(b)

higher-risk building work,

and different provision for different descriptions of such buildings or work.

(4)

Nothing in sub-paragraph (3) is to be read as limiting the effect of section 34 (classification of buildings).”

(9)

In paragraph 11 for “Secretary of State”, in both places it occurs, substitute “appropriate national authority”.