# The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W

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
(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
(b)a room containing a swimming pool or sauna heater.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1321/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-higher-risk-buildings-procedures-wales-regulations-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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