The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009

Amendments to section 14 of the 1984 Act

8.—(1) Section 14 of the 1984 Act (consultation with Building Regulations Advisory Committee and other bodies) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint a committee, to be known as the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England, for the purpose of advising the Secretary of State on the exercise of the Secretary of State’s power to make building regulations, and on other subjects connected with building regulations.”

(3) In subsections (2) and (3), after “Committee” insert “for England”.

(4) In subsection (4)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “Committee” insert “for England”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), after “local authorities” insert “in England”.

(5) After subsection (4) insert—

“(5) The Welsh Ministers shall appoint a committee, to be known as the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales, for the purpose of advising them on the exercise of their power to make building regulations, and on other subjects connected with building regulations.

(6) The Welsh Ministers may pay such expenses incurred by members of the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales as the Welsh Ministers may determine.

(7) Before making any building regulations containing substantive requirements, the Welsh Ministers shall consult the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales and such other bodies as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned.

(8) Before making any building regulations containing provision of the kind authorised by paragraph 11(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to this Act, the Welsh Ministers shall consult—

(a) the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales,

(b) such persons or bodies as appear to them to be representative of local authorities in Wales, and

(c) such other bodies as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned.”.

(1)

Subsection (4) was inserted by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 32(2).