The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, extent, application, and commencement

  3. PART 1 The Building Regulations 2010

    1. 2.Amendment of the Building Regulations 2010

    2. 3.Interpretation

    3. 4.Limitation on requirements

    4. 5.Exempt buildings and work

    5. 6.Giving of building notice or deposit of plans

    6. 7.Full Plans

    7. 8.Consultation with sewerage undertaker

    8. 9.Notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work

    9. 10.Completion certificates

    10. 11.After the end of regulation 17, insert— Certificate for building...

    11. 12.Supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities

    12. 13.Provisions applicable to self-certification schemes

    13. 14.Application of energy efficiency requirements

    14. 15.Requirements relating to thermal elements

    15. 16.Minimum energy performance requirements for new buildings

    16. 17.Consideration of high-efficiency alternative systems for new buildings (new regulation 25A) and nearly zero-energy requirements for new buildings (new regulation 25B)

    17. 18.Energy performance certificates

    18. 19.Recommendation reports (new regulation 29A)

    19. 20.Energy assessors

    20. 21.Right to copy documents

    21. 22.Application of building regulations to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers and Crown buildings

    22. 23.Interpretation of Part 6

    23. 24.Pressure testing

    24. 25.Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence

    25. 26.Electronic service of documents

    26. 27.Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations - Requirements

    27. 28.Schedule 2 to the 2010 Regulations – Exempt buildings and works

    28. 29.Schedule 3 to the 2010 Regulations – Self-certification schemes

    29. 30.Omit paragraph 20 of Schedule 3.

    30. 31.After paragraph 21 of Schedule 3, add the following paragraphs—...

    31. 32.Schedule 4 to the 2010 Regulations – Descriptions of work where no building notice or deposit of full plans required

  4. PART 2 The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010

    1. 33.Amendment of the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010

  5. PART 3 The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010

    1. 34.Amendment of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010

    2. 35.Approved inspector's insurance (new regulation 5A)

    3. 36.Lists of approvals and designations

    4. 37.Functions of approved inspectors

    5. 38.Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate

    6. 39.Application of regulations 20, 27, 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the 2010 Regulations

    7. 40.Register of notices and certificates

    8. 41.Schedule 1 to the Approved Inspectors Regulations 2010

    9. 42.Schedule 2 to the Approved Inspectors Regulations 2010

    10. 43.Schedule 3 to the Approved Inspectors Regulations 2010

    11. 44.Schedule 4 to the Approved Inspectors Regulations 2010

  6. PART 4 Transitional Provisions

    1. 45.Transitional provisions: interpretation

    2. 46.Work already started before certain regulations take effect

    3. 47.Notice given or plans deposited before those regulations take effect

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

    2. SCHEDULE 2

  9. Explanatory Note