Paragraph 3 I1
England and Wales
For the purposes of this Schedule—
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“self-contained” (“hunangynhwysol”) in relation to a fixed building service means consisting of a single appliance and any associated controls which is neither connected to, nor forms part of, any other fixed building service;
“special location” (“lleoliad arbennig”) means—
- (a)
within a room containing a bath or shower, the space surrounding a bath tap or shower head, where the space extends—
- (i)
vertically from the finished floor level to—
- (aa)
a height of 2.25 metres, or
- (bb)
the position of the shower head where it is attached to a wall or ceiling at a point higher than 2.25 metres from that level, and
- (aa)
- (ii)
horizontally—
- (aa)
where there is a bath tub or shower tray, from the edge of the bath tub or shower tray to a distance of 0.6 metres, or
- (bb)
where there is no bath tub or shower tray, from the centre point of the shower head where it is attached to the wall or ceiling to a distance of 1.2 metres, or
- (aa)
- (i)
- (b)
a room containing a swimming pool or sauna heater.
- (a)
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 omitted (20.7.2026) by virtue of The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/112), regs. 1(2), 7(16)
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.7.2026, see reg. 1(3)