# The Building (Local Authority Charges and Amendments Relating to Charging) (England) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations set out provisions in relation to charges of local authorities for or in connection with certain building related functions.
Regulation 3 provides that a local authority may recover charges for or in connection with the chargeable functions which are set out in regulation 4.
Regulation 5 provides that the amount of any charge must be determined by the local authority in accordance with a scheme which the authority make and published on their website. Regulation 7 makes provision for refunds and additional charges.
Regulation 6 sets out who is required to pay charges and when the payment of a charge has to be made.
Regulation 8 provides that a contravention of the requirements of these Regulations is not a criminal offence and a compliance notice cannot be issued for a breach.
Regulation 9 provides for an exemption from charges for building work carried out to an existing dwelling solely for disabled persons.
Regulation 10 amends the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024 (“the RBCA Regulations”).
Regulation 11 makes a revocation and amendment as respects England in connection with regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”). S.I. 2013/1105 is revoked, under the power in section 41(2) of the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30). This tidies up regulation 34 of the 2010 Regulations, it has the effect of omitting the reference to regulation 11(3) from regulation 34. Regulation 11 of the 2010 Regulations has never applied to buildings falling with regulation 34. Where applicable, the substituted regulation 11(3) of the 2010 Regulations enables dispensations and relaxations to be possible in relation to regulations 25A, 25B and 26 of the 2010 Regulations. There is no need to remake the amendments made to Schedule 3 to the 2010 Regulations by S.I. 2013/1105 as those amendments were superseded when the whole of Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 2015/767.
Regulation 12 revokes the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 as respects England and related amending provisions.
Regulation 13 makes transitional and saving provisions.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, and the public sector is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1094/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-local-authority-charges-and-amendments-relating-to-charging-england-regulations-2026/note
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