The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 466

Building And Buildings, England And Wales

The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made

3rd March 2009

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2009

Coming into force

1st April 2009

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(1):

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.

Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Building Regulations 2000(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In the Table in Schedule 2A(3) (self-certification schemes)—

(a) in column 2 of paragraph 2 after “A person registered by” insert “Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited(4) or”;

(b) in column 2 of paragraph 9 for “The Electrical Contractors Association Limited” substitute “EC Certification Limited(5)”;

(c) in column 2 of paragraph 10 omit “ELECSA Limited,”; and

(d) in column 2 of paragraph 11 for “ELECSA Limited” substitute “EC Certification Limited”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Iain Wright

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

3rd March 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building Regulations 2000.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends Schedule 2A to the Building Regulations 2000. Sub-paragraph (2)(a) adds Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited to those bodies in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2A which are able to register persons for the purposes of self-certification schemes (that is, schemes where a person can self-certify that work complies with building regulations) in respect of the installation of a heating or hot water service system connected to a heat-producing gas appliance, or associated controls.

Regulation 2(2)(b), (c) and (d) amends Schedule 2A to reflect the decision of the Electrical Contractors Association to operate all of its self-certification schemes under one company, EC Certification Limited.

(1)

1984 c.55; section 1(1) was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22).

(2)

S.I. 2000/2531.

(3)

Inserted by S.I. 2002/440, substituted by S.I. 2006/652; relevant amendments are S.I. 2006/3318 and S.I. 2008/671.

(4)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 (c.6) with the registration number 05078781.

(5)

A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 06418028