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The Building Act 1984 (Commencement No. 3) (England) Order 2023

S.I. 2023/992 · Made 11 September 2023

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Building And Buildings, England

Made 11th September 2023

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 120(1) and 134(1) of the Building Act 1984f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 55. Section 33 is amended by paragraph 30 of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), and section 120 is amended by paragraph 76 of that Schedule. Section 134 is amended by paragraph 82 of that Schedule.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provision coming into force on 1st October 2023
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Building Act 1984 (Commencement No. 3) (England) Order 2023.

2Provision coming into force on 1st October 2023

Section 33 of the Building Act 1984 (tests for conformity with building regulations) comes into force on 1st October 2023.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lee Rowley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

11th September 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 33 of the Building Act 1984 (c. 55) so far as relating to England. (By virtue of section 134(1A) only Welsh Ministers have the power to commence section 33 in relation to Wales.) Section 33 makes provision in relation to testing and sampling.