Building Act 1984 (c. 55)

Part I E+W Building Regulations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) restricted by Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53, SIF 102), ss. 31(1), 45, Sch. 7 Pt. VI para. 2

C2 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) modified (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 60(2), Sch. 8 para. 18(1)

C3 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art. 4(1)

C4 Pt. I (ss. 1-46) excluded (18. 12. 1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 38, Sch. 10 para.7PPt. I (ss. 1-46) excluded (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 4(5) (subject to art. 1(3))

Exemption from building regulations E+W

4 Exemption of educational buildings and buildings of statutory undertakers. E+W

(1) Nothing in this Part of this Act with respect to building regulations, and nothing in any building regulations, applies in relation to—

(a) a building required for the purposes of a school or other educational establishment erected or to be erected according to plans that have been approved by the Secretary of State for Education and Science or the Secretary of State for Wales, or according to particulars submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State under section 14 of the M1 Education Act 1980 or under regulations made under section 27(4) of that Act [F1 or under section 90 of the Education Reform Act 1988], or

(b) a building belonging to statutory undertakers, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority . . . F2 or the Civil Aviation Authority and held or used by them for the purposes of their undertaking, unless it is—

(i) a house, . . . F3 or

(ii) a building used as offices or showrooms, and not forming part of a railway station or in the case of . . . F4 the Civil Aviation Authority not being on an aerodrome owned by the Authority . . . F4 .

(2) The words “the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority,” in subsection (1)(b) above (together with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to this Act) cease to have effect upon the coming into force of the repeal of section 5(5) of the M2 Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 contained in Schedule 7 to this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 para. 33

F2 Words repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F3 Words repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F4 Words repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 S. 4 excluded by Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53, SIF 102), ss. 31(2), Sch. 7 Pt. VI para. 2

C6 S. 4(1)(b) applied with modifications by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 58, Sch. 2 para. 6(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 20.

M2 1954 c. 32.