Building Safety Act 2022

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11(1)Section 8 is amended as follows.

(2)For “Secretary of State”, in both places it occurs, substitute “appropriate national authority”.

(3)In subsection (1) for “he” substitute “it”.

(4)After subsection (3) insert—

(3A)If, in a case where the regulator is the building control authority—

(a)an application for a direction under this section is made to the regulator, and

(b)the regulator considers that the operation of a requirement in building regulations would be unreasonable in relation to the particular case,

it may give a direction dispensing with or relaxing the requirement.

(3B)No application under subsection (1) or (2) may be made in a case where the regulator is the building control authority.