{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2000/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2000/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2531",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 shall continue to apply in relation to any building work as if these Regulations had not been made where—\n(a) before 1st January 2001 a building notice, an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice has been given to, or full plans have been deposited with, a local authority; and\n(b) building work is carried out or is to be carried out in accordance with any such notice or plans, whether with or without any departure from such plans.\n(2) Where an initial notice given before 1st January 2001 is varied by an amendment notice given on or after that date, the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 shall continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made, to so much of the building work as could have been carried out under that initial notice if the amendment notice had not been given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2531/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:20:24.293933+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."
}