{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022-consequential-amendments-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/55",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022-consequential-amendments-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Highways Act 1980",
  "text": "(1) The Highways Act 1980 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 203(2)(b)(i) (interpretation of Part XI), for “deposited with respect to that building either” substitute “with respect to that building which accompany an application for building control approval”.\n(3) The definition of “application for building control approval” in section 203(3) applies in relation to Wales.\n(4) In section 203(3), after the definition of “application for building control approval” insert—\n“ “building control authority” means the local authority as stated in section 121A of the Building Act 1984;”.\n(5) In section 219(1)(a) (payments to be made by owners of new buildings in respect of street works), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute “for which an application for building control approval must be made, and”.\n(6) In section 220 (determination of liability for, and amount of, payments)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “passing of any required plans relating to the erection of a building in Wales deposited with them” substitute “granting of any required application for building control approval relating to the erection of a building in Wales”;\n(ii) for “with”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “the granting of such an application by”;\n(iii) for “plans were deposited” substitute “application for building control approval was made”;\n(iv) omit the second sentence;\n(b) for subsection (2A) substitute—\n“(2A) Where a Welsh council grants an application for building control approval that relates to the erection of a building in Wales in an area in which the advance payments code is in force, but which is treated as being within the area of a street works authority other than that Welsh council, the Welsh council must, in any case to which section 219 may be applicable, within one week from the date of granting the application inform the street works authority that the application has been granted.”\n(7) In section 223 (determination to cease to have effect when plans not proceeded with)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “occasion of the deposit of plans” substitute “granting of an application for building control approval”;\n(ii) for paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) by virtue of section 32 of the Building Act 1984 the approval is treated as not having been given, or”;\n(iii) in paragraph (b) for “local authority” substitute “building control authority”;\n(b) in subsection (5)—\n(i) in paragraph (a), for “notifies the local authority” substitute “gives notice”;\n(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) subsequently notice is given by the owner of the land that they intend to proceed with the building in accordance with the approval given under the application for building control approval as originally made,”;\n(c) in subsection (6)—\n(i) for paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) the lapse, under section 32 of the Building Act 1984, of a building control approval relating to the erection of a building,”;\n(ii) in paragraph (c), for “plans as originally deposited” substitute “application for building control approval as originally made”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66; section 203(2) was amended by the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11) and S.I. 2023/908."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/55/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:28.170389+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."
}