The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2013

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 747 (W.89)

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, WALES

The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2013

Made

26 March 2013

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

28 March 2013

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(4)

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1, 2A, 8(6), 16(9), 17(1) and (6), 34, 47(1), 49(5) and 51(1) of and paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 4A, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984(1), now exercisable by them(2), having consulted, in accordance with section 14(7) of that Act, the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales and such other bodies as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned, make the following Regulations:

(1)

1984 c. 55; section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22) and section 2A was inserted by section 4 of that Act; section 47(1) was amended by section 8 of that Act and S.I. 1996/1905; section 51(1) was substituted by S.I. 1996/1905; paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 8 of that Act; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of that Act and by section 11 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19); paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and by section 40 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29).

(2)

The functions conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1, 2A, 8(6), 16(9), 17(1) and (6), 34, 47(1), 49(5) and 51(1) of and paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 4A, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984 were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Welsh Ministers by the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019).