Citation, commencement, application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 3rd June 2013.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, but do not apply in relation to any building in Wales, other than an excepted energy building.
(4) Regulations 3(2) and 3(3) apply in relation to—
(a)educational buildings and buildings of statutory undertakers(1) in Wales;
(b)Crown buildings in Wales; and
(c)building work carried out or proposed to be carried out by Crown authorities in Wales.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), these Regulations contain a procedural amendment to the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) arising as a consequence of the transposition of the provisions of the European Parliament and the Council Directive 2010/31/EU of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (recast)(2010/31/EU OJ No L 153,18.06.2010, p.0013) in the Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/181), in relation to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers, Crown buildings and building work carried out or proposed to be carried out by Crown authorities in England and Wales.