1995 No. 1356
The Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1995
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and 3(1) of, and paragraphs 2, 4, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 19841 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned in accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st July 1995.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations 19912.
Amendment of the Building Regulations 19912
1
The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
In regulation 5 (meaning of material change of use)—
a
the word “or” after paragraph (e) shall be omitted; and
b
there shall be added the following paragraph—
or
g
the building, which contains at least one dwelling, contains a greater or a lesser number of dwellings than it did previously.
3
In regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use), in paragraph 1(e), for “or (b)” there shall be substituted the following—
, (b) or (g)
4
In regulation 13A (unauthorised building work)—
a
in paragraph (1)(b), for the words “by building regulations to deposit plans” there shall be substituted the words “(whether by these Regulations, other building regulations, the Act or the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 19393 ) to deposit full plans”;
b
in paragraph (4), for the words “Having taken such steps” there shall be substituted the words “When the applicant has taken any such steps required by the local authority”; and
c
in paragraph (5)—
i
the words “so far that” shall be omitted, and
ii
in sub-paragraph (b), for the word “contravening” there shall be substituted the word “unauthorised”.
Transitional Provisions3
1
Where the conditions specified in paragraph (2) apply, the amendments to the principal Regulations contained in—
a
regulation 2(2)(a) and (5)(b) and (c) of the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 19944, and
b
regulation 2(2) and (3) of these Regulations
shall not apply and the principal Regulations shall apply to such a notice, plans or work as are mentioned in that paragraph as if those amendments had not been made.
2
The conditions are that—
a
before 1st July 1995 a building notice has been given to, or full plans deposited with, a local authority, or an initial notice or a public body’s notice has been given in accordance with sections 47(1) or 54(1) respectively of the Building Act 1984; and
b
building work is carried out after that date in accordance with any such notice or plans, whether with or without any departure from them.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Regulations)