Regulation 3 Meaning of building work

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 3(1)(b) words inserted by Building 2001 reg. 2(3)
reg. 3(1A) inserted by Building 2001 reg. 2(4)
reg 3 am (1.5.2004) by Building 2003 regs 2(1), (3), 3(1)–(4)
reg. 3 words substituted by Building 2004 reg. 2(3)
reg. 3(1A)(b) words substituted by Building 2004 reg. 2(3)

(1)

In these Regulations “building work” means—

(a)

the erection or extension of a building;

(b)

the provision or extension of a controlled service or fitting in or in connection with a building;

(c)

the material alteration of a building, or a controlled service or fitting, as mentioned in paragraph (2);

(d)

work required by regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use);

(e)

the insertion of insulating material into the cavity wall of a building;

(f)

work involving the underpinning of a building.

(2)

An alteration is material for the purposes of these Regulations if the work, or any part of it, would at any stage result—

(a)

in a building or controlled service or fitting not complying with a relevant requirement where previously it did; or

(b)

in a building or controlled service or fitting which before the work commenced did not comply with a relevant requirement, being more unsatisfactory in relation to such a requirement.

(3)

In paragraph (2) “relevant requirement” means any of the following applicable requirements of Schedule 1, namely—

Part A (structure)
paragraph B1 (means of warning and escape)
paragraph B3 (internal fire spread—structure)
paragraph B4 (external fire spread)
paragraph B5 (access and facilities for the fire service)
Part M (access and facilities for disabled people).