{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010/regulation-44B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010/regulation-44B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2214",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/44B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "44B",
  "heading": "Exemptions from paragraph R1 of Schedule 1",
  "text": "The requirements of paragraph R1 (in-building physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications networks) of Schedule 1 do not apply to the following types of building or building work—\n(a) buildings which are—\n(i) listed in accordance with section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 section 76 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, or\n(ii) in a conservation area designated in accordance with section 69 of that Act section 158 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, or\n(iii) included in the schedule of monuments maintained under section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 section 3 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023,\nwhere compliance with paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 would unacceptably alter their character or appearance;\n(b) buildings—\n(i) occupied by the Ministry of Defence or the armed forces of the Crown, or\n(ii) otherwise occupied for purposes connected to national security;\n(c) buildings situated in isolated areas where the prospect of high-speed connection is considered too remote to justify equipping the building with high-speed ready in-building physical infrastructure or an access point;\n(d) major renovation works in cases in which the cost of compliance with paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 would be disproportionate to the benefit gained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 9A inserted (W. but not in relation to excepted energy buildings) (8.4.2016) by The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/361), regs. 1(4), 2(4) (with regs. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 44B(a)(i) substituted (W.) (4.11.2024) by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 52(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word \"or\" in reg. 44B(a)(i) omitted (W. in relation to excepted energy buildings) (8.6.2018) by virtue of The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (Excepted Energy Buildings) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/558), regs. 1(2), 11(2)(a) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Pt. 9A inserted (with s. 44A(1)(2) and without s. 44B(a)(iii) and word) (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (9.5.2016) by The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/490), regs. 1(4), 2(4) (with regs. 1(3), 3) [Editorial note: This amendment no longer applies at all in relation to W. from 8.6.2018]"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 44B(a)(ii) substituted (W.) (4.11.2024) by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 52(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 44B(a)(iii) and word \"; or\" inserted (W. in relation to excepted energy buildings) (8.6.2018) by The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (Excepted Energy Buildings) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/558), regs. 1(2), 11(2)(b)(c) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 44B(a)(iii) substituted (W.) (4.11.2024) by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 52(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/regulation/44B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:48.980832+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."
}