{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-local-authority-charges-and-amendments-relating-to-charging-england-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-local-authority-charges-and-amendments-relating-to-charging-england-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1094",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Local Authority Charges and Amendments Relating to Charging) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-local-authority-charges-and-amendments-relating-to-charging-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1984 Act” means the Building Act 1984;\n“application charge” means a charge for or in connection with the chargeable function set out in regulation 4(1)(a);\n“building” has the same meaning as given in regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations;\n“building notice” has the same meaning as given in regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations;\n“building notice charge” means a charge for or in connection with the chargeable function set out in regulation 4(1)(c);\n“building work” has the same meaning as given in regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations;\n“chargeable function” means a function set out in regulation 4(1);\n“charging scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);\n“financial year” is the period of 12 months beginning with 1st April;\n“inspection charge” means a charge for or in connection with the chargeable function set out in regulation 4(1)(b);\n“officer” includes a person contracted by the local authority or a person employed by such a contractor, to perform a chargeable function or provide chargeable advice;\n“the Principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations 2010;\n“RBCA charge” means a charge for or in connection with the chargeable function set out in regulation 4(1)(d);\n“the RBCA Regulations” means the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024;\n“regularisation charge” means a charge for or in connection with the chargeable function set out in regulation 4(1)(f);\n“reversion charge” means a charge for or in connection with the chargeable function set out in regulation 4(1)(e).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/2214, as amended by S.I. 2012/3119, 2013/1959, 2014/110, 2015/767, 2016/285, 2016/1274, 2018/1230, 2021/1391, 2022/608, 2023/520, 2023/911 and 2024/110. There are other amending instruments, but none is relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2024/110 as amended by S.I. 2024/474, 2025/1017, 2025/1236 and 2026/1034."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1094/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:53:47.993697+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}