Version Superseded: 28/06/2022
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Building Act 1984, Section 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Building regulations may exempt a prescribed class of buildings, services, fittings or equipment from all or any of the provisions of building regulations.
(2)The Secretary of State may by direction exempt from all or any of the provisions of building regulations—
(a)a particular building, or
(b)buildings of a particular class at a particular location,
either unconditionally or subject to compliance with any conditions specified in the direction.
(3)A person who contravenes a condition specified in a direction given under subsection (2) above, or permits such a condition to be contravened, is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, and to a further fine not exceeding £50 for each day on which the offence continues after he is convicted.
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