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53.—(1) If immediately before 1st October 2010 any of the transitional provisions listed in paragraph (2) applied in relation to building work, the Regulations specified in Schedule 5 shall continue to apply in relation to that building work in accordance with that provision as if these Regulations had not been made.
(2) The provisions are—
regulation 4 of the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2001 M1; regulation 3 of the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2002 M2; regulations 3 and 4 of the Building (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 M3; regulation 3 of the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003 M4; regulation 3 of the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2004 M5; regulation 3 of the Building (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2004 M6; regulations 29 to 34 of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2006 M7 in so far as they relate to the Building Regulations 2000; regulation 4 of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 M8 in so far as it relates to the Building Regulations 2000; regulation 4 of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007 M9 in so far as it relates to the Building Regulations 2000; regulations 4 to 8 of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2009 M10 in so far as they relate to the Building Regulations 2000.
(3) Regulation 22A of the Building Regulations 2000 M11 (time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain regulations) shall continue to have effect in relation to contraventions of building regulations committed before 22nd September 2008 as if the 2009 Regulations had not been made.
(4) If immediately before 1st October 2010 regulation 23 of the Building Regulations 2000 applied in relation to building work, the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 to those Regulations shall continue to apply in relation to that building work in accordance with that transitional provision as if these Regulations had not been made.
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M3S.I. 2002/2871 amended by S.I. 2003/3133.
M10S.I. 2009/1219 amended by S.I. 2009/2465 and 2010/719.
M11Regulation 22A was inserted by S.I. 2008/671 and is revoked by S.I. 2009/2397.
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