The Building (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Building Regulations 2000(1) (“the principal Regulations”) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “controlled service or fitting” for “Part G, H, J or L”, substitute “Part G, H, J, L or P”;

(b) after the definition of “dwelling-house” insert—

““electrical installation” means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer’s side of the electricity supply meter;”;

(c) after the definition of “European Technical Approval issuing body” insert—

““extra-low voltage” means voltage not exceeding—

(a)

in relation to alternating current, 50 volts between conductors and earth; or

(b)

in relation to direct current, 120 volts between conductors;”;

(d) after the definition of “institution” insert—

““low-voltage” means voltage not exceeding—

(a)

in relation to alternating current, 1000 volts between conductors or 600 volts between conductors and earth; or

(b)

in relation to direct current, 1500 volts between conductors or 900 volts between conductors and earth;”.

(3) In regulation 3 (meaning of building work), in paragraph (1A)(b), for “Part G, H or J” substitute “Part G, H, J or P”.

(4) In regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use), in paragraph (1)(a), after the reference to L2 add “P1 and P2 (electrical safety);”.

(5) In regulation 8 (limitation on requirements), for “Parts A to D, F to K and N” substitute “Parts A to D, F to K, N and P”.

(6) At the beginning of regulation 9 (exempt buildings and work) insert “Subject to paragraph (2)” and add to that regulation the following paragraph—

“(2) The requirements of Part P of Schedule 1 apply to—

(a) any greenhouse;

(b) any small detached building falling within class VI in Schedule 2; and

(c) any extension of a building falling within class VII in Schedule 2,

which in any case receives its electricity from a source shared with or located inside a dwelling.”.

(7) In regulation 12 (giving of a building notice or deposit of plans), for paragraph (5) substitute the following—

“(5) A person who intends to carry out building work is not required to give a building notice or deposit full plans where the work consists only of work—

(a) described in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 2A if the work is to be carried out by a person described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule have effect for the purposes of the descriptions in the Table; or

(b) described in Schedule 2B.”.

(8) For regulation 16A (provisions applicable to replacement windows, rooflights, roof windows and doors) substitute the following—

“Provisions applicable to self certification schemes

16A.— (1) This regulation applies to the extent that the building work consists only of work of a type described in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 2A and the work is carried out by a person who is described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table in respect of that type of work.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the local authority is authorised to accept, as evidence that the requirements of regulations 4 and 7 have been satisfied, a certificate to that effect by the person carrying out the building work.

(3) Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the work shall, not more than 30 days after the completion of the work—

(a) give to the occupier a copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph (2); and

(b) give to the local authority—

(i) notice to that effect, or

(ii) the certificate referred to in paragraph (2).

(4) Paragraph (3) of this regulation does not apply where a person carries out the building work described in Schedule 2B which consists only of work on a low voltage or an extra-low voltage electrical installation.”.

(9) In Schedule 1 (requirements), add Part P set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(10) In Schedule 2A (exemptions from requirements to give building notice or deposit full plans), in the Table, after the paragraph relating to “the installation of replacement windows” insert in columns 1 and 2 the following—

“Installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations.	A person registered by BRE Certification Limited(2), British Standards Institution(3), ELECSA Limited(4), NICEIC Certification Services Ltd(5), or NAPIT Certification Limited(6) in respect of that type of work.
Installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations as a necessary adjunct to or arising out of other work being carried out by the registered person.	A person registered by CORGI Services Limited(7), ELECSA Limited(8), NAPIT Certification Limited(9), NICEIC Certification Services Limited(10) or Oil Firing Technical Association for the Petroleum Industry Ltd(11) in respect of that type of electrical work.”

(11) After Schedule 2A, insert Schedule 2B as set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2531.Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/3335, 2002/440, 2002/2871 and 2003/2692.

(2)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) with the registration number 3548352.

(3)

Incorporated by Royal Charter.

(4)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 5131470.

(5)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 4411293.

(6)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registered number 05190452.

(7)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03268198

(8)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 5131470

(9)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 05190452

(10)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 4411293

(11)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 2739706