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England and Wales

C1 C2 C3 C4An Act to consolidate certain enactments concerning building and buildings and related matters.

[31st October 1984]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

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C1: Act extended by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xlvii), Sch. 8 para. 33
C2: Act extended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxxi), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58 and by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(xxxix), Sch. 17 para. 33
C3: Act extended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxxv); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
C4: Act: functions transferred (W.) (1.7.1999) except in relation to specified provisions by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C5: Act modified (3.5.2007) by National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1118), art. 3
C6: Act modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Portsmouth Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1217), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch.
C7: Act: functions transferred (31.12.2011) by Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019), arts. 2(a), 5 (with arts. 3, 4)
C8: Act: functions transferred (W.) (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 54(1)(2), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(l)
C9: Act excluded (1.9.2022) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 129(5), 170(5); S.I. 2022/927, reg. 2
C10: Act continued (temp.) for specified purposes (1.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1320), regs. 1(2), 21