Building Act 1984

4 Exemption of educational buildings and buildings of statutory undertakers

(1) Nothing in this Part of this Act with respect to building regulations, and nothing in any building regulations, applies in relation to—

(a) a building required for the purposes of a school or other educational establishment erected or to be erected according to plans that have been approved by the Secretary of State for Education and Science or the Secretary of State for Wales, or according to particulars submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State under section 14 of the [1980 c. 20.] Education Act 1980 or under regulations made under section 27(4) of that Act, or

(b) a building belonging to statutory undertakers, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, the British Airports Authority or the Civil Aviation Authority and held or used by them for the purposes of their undertaking, unless it is—

(i) a house, or in the case of the British Airports Authority a house or a hotel, or

(i) a building used as offices or showrooms, and not forming part of a railway station or in the case of the British Airports Authority or the Civil Aviation Authority not being on an aerodrome owned by the Authority in question.

(2) The words “the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority,” in subsection (1)(b) above (together with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to this Act) cease to have effect upon the coming into force of the repeal of section 5(5) of the [1954 c. 32.] Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 contained in Schedule 7 to this Act.