Building Act 1984 (c. 55)

Part I E+W Building Regulations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) restricted by Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53, SIF 102), ss. 31(1), 45, Sch. 7 Pt. VI para. 2

C2 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) modified (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 60(2), Sch. 8 para. 18(1)

C3 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art. 4(1)

C4 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) excluded (18. 12. 1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 38, Sch. 10 para.7PPt. I (ss. 1-46) excluded (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 4(5) (subject to art. 1(3))

Type approval of building matter E+W

13 Delegation of power to approve. E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may by building regulations delegate to a person or body, to such extent and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may think fit, the powers of approval conferred on him by section 12 above.

(2) So far as those powers are for the time being so delegated to a person or body, section 12 above, except subsection (7) as far as the end of paragraph (a), and any building regulations made by virtue of subsection (7) shall (subject to any prescribed conditions) have effect in relation to that person or body with the substitution of references to that person or body for references to the Secretary of State.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 13 in force at 1.12.1984 for specified purposes, see s. 134(1)(a)