# Building Safety Act 2022, Paragraph 11

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 8 is amended as follows.
(2) For “Secretary of State”, in both places it occurs, substitute “appropriate national authority”.
(3) In subsection (1) for “he” substitute “it”.
(4) After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) If, in a case where the regulator is the building control authority—
(a) an application for a direction under this section is made to the regulator, and
(b) the regulator considers that the operation of a requirement in building regulations would be unreasonable in relation to the particular case,
it may give a direction dispensing with or relaxing the requirement.
(3B) No application under subsection (1) or (2) may be made in a case where the regulator is the building control authority.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/schedule/5/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/schedule-5/paragraph-11
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