{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-act-1984/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-act-1984/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/55",
  "legislation_title": "Building Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-act-1984",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemption of particular classes of buildings etc.",
  "text": "(1) Building regulations may exempt a prescribed class of buildings, services, fittings or equipment from all or any of the provisions of building regulations.\n(2) The appropriate national authority may by direction exempt from all or any of the provisions of building regulations—\n(a) a particular building, or\n(b) buildings of a particular class at a particular location,\neither unconditionally or subject to compliance with any conditions specified in the direction.\n(2A) The regulator may at any time make a proposal to the Secretary of State for the giving of a direction under subsection (2).\n(2B) Before making a proposal, the regulator must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.\n(2C) Before giving a direction under subsection (2), other than a direction proposed by the regulator, the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the regulator, and\n(b) any other person that the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(3) A person who contravenes a condition specified in a direction given under subsection (2) above, or permits such a condition to be contravened, is liable on summary conviction to a fine ..., and to a further fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the offence continues after he is convicted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2) substituted (28.6.2022 for E., 5.9.2023 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(2); S.I. 2022/561, reg. 3(f), Sch. para. 7; S.I. 2023/914, reg. 2(b)(xiii), Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 3(2A)-(2C) inserted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(3); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ii) (with reg. 4); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xi), Sch. (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(3) omitted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by virtue of Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(4)(a); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ii); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xi), Sch. (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(3) substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(4)(b); S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(ii); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xi), Sch. (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/55/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:23:13.841559+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}