The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to matters relating to the environment.
In accordance with section 14(3) of the Building Act 1984 he has consulted the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appeared to him to be representative of the interests concerned.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 1(1), 2A, 3, 5, 8(2) and (6), 34, 35, 47(1) and 126 of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984: