{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2024/1268",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1984 Act” (“Deddf 1984”) means the Building Act 1984;\n“the 2010 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2010”) means the Building Regulations 2010;\n“amendment notice” (“hysbysiad diwygio”) has the meaning given by section 51A of the 1984 Act;\n“approver” (“cymeradwywr”) means a registered building control approver within the meaning of section 58N of the 1984 Act;\n“building” (“adeilad”) has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Regulations;\n“building regulations” (“rheoliadau adeiladu”) has the meaning given by section 122 of the 1984 Act;\n“building work” (“gwaith adeiladu”) has the meaning as given by regulation 3(1) of the 2010 Regulations;\n“dwelling” (“annedd”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Regulations;\n“erection” (“codi”) has the same meaning as given in section 123 of the 1984 Act;\n“fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub”) means the enforcing authority within the meaning given by article 25 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005;\n“FSO building” (“adeilad GDT”) means a building or any part of it to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, or will apply after the completion of building work;\n“initial notice” (“hysbysiad cychwynnol”) has the meaning given by section 47(1)(a) of the 1984 Act;\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the council of a county or county borough;\n“material alteration” (“addasiad sylweddol”) has the meaning given by regulation 3(2) of the 2010 Regulations;\n“material change of use” (“newid defnydd sylweddol”) has the meaning given by regulation 5 of the 2010 Regulations;\n“plans certificate” (“tystysgrif blaniau”) has the meaning given by section 50(1) of the 1984 Act;\n“public body” (“corff cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by section 54(1) of the 1984 Act;\n“public body’s final certificate” (“tystysgrif derfynol corff cyhoeddus”) means a certificate given under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the 1984 Act;\n“public body’s notice” (“hysbysiad corff cyhoeddus”) means a notice given under section 54(1)(c) of the 1984 Act;\n“public body’s plans certificate” (“tystysgrif blaniau corff cyhoeddus”) means a certificate given under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 of the 1984 Act;\n“registered building inspector” (“arolygydd cofrestredig adeiladu”) means an individual registered as a building inspector in accordance with Part 2A of the 1984 Act;\n“sewerage undertaker” (“ymgymerwr carthffosiaeth”) means a person appointed under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991 for the area in which the building is, or is to be, situated;\n“transfer certificate” (“tystysgrif drosglwyddo”) means a certificate given in accordance with section 53B of the 1984 Act;\n“transfer report” (“adroddiad trosglwyddo”) means a report given in accordance with section 53B of the 1984 Act.\n(2) Where any provision in these Regulations requires the use of a numbered form in Schedule 1, a form substantially to the like effect may be used.\n(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the carrying out of work includes a reference to the making of a material change of use.\n(4) Any reference in these Regulations to an initial notice (whether or not combined with a plans certificate) is to be construed as a reference to that initial notice as amended by an amendment notice which has been accepted by a local authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/2214, as amended by S.I. 2012/3119, 2013/1959, 2014/110 (W. 10), 2015/767, 2016/285, and 2018/1230. There are other amending instruments, but none is relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 58N was inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1541, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Part 2A of the 1984 Act was inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1991 c. 56."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2026/60",
      "affecting_title": "The Building etc. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2026/112",
      "affecting_title": "The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1268/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:16.825177+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."
}