{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2214",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Exempt buildings and work",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) , (3) and (4) and regulation 21(1), these Regulations do not apply to—\n(a) the erection of any building or extension of a kind described in Schedule 2; or\n(b) the carrying out of any work to or in connection with such a building or extension, if after the carrying out of that work it is still a building or extension of a kind described in that Schedule.\n(2) The requirements of paragraphs G1 and G3(2) and (3) of Schedule 1 apply—\n(a) to any greenhouse which receives a cold or hot water supply from a source shared with or located inside a dwelling; and\n(b) to—\n(i) any small detached building falling within class 6 in Schedule 2; and\n(ii) any extension of a building falling within class 7 in Schedule 2,\nwhich in either case receives a cold or hot water supply from a source shared with or located inside any building other than a building or extension of a kind described in Schedule 2.\n(3) The requirements of Part P of Schedule 1 apply to—\n(a) any greenhouse used for domestic purposes ;\n(b) any small detached building falling within class 6 in Schedule 2; and\n(c) any extension of a building falling within class 7 in Schedule 2,\nwhich in any case receives its electricity from a source shared with or located inside a dwelling.\n(4) The requirements of paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 apply to buildings controlled under other legislation falling within class 1 in Schedule 2.\n(4) The requirements of paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 apply to buildings falling within paragraphs 1 and 2 of Class 1 (buildings controlled under other legislation) in Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (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(2)(a) (with regs. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (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(2)(a) (with regs. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words “used for domestic purposes” in reg. 9(3)(a) 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), 4(4)(a) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(3)(a) inserted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (6.4.2013) by The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3119), reg. 5, Sch. 1 (with regs. 1(3), 45-47) (as amended by S.I. 2013/181, reg. 5, Sch.) [Editorial note: This amendment no longer applies at all in relation to W. from 8.6.2018]"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 9(4) substituted (W. for remaining purposes) (8.6.2018) by The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (Excepted Energy Buildings) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/558), regs. 1(2), 4(4)(b) (with reg. 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 9(4) 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(2)(b) (with regs. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 9(4) inserted (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(2)(b) (with regs. 1(3), 3) [Editorial note: This amendment no longer applies at all in relation to W. from 8.6.2018]"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/regulation/9",
    "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."
}