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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-3",
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  "legislation": "asc/2026/5",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “building”",
  "text": "(1) This section sets out the meaning of “building” for the purposes of section 2.\n(2) In the case of a structure that is not attached to another structure (an “unattached structure”), that structure is a building.\n(3) In the case of structures that are attached to each other, those structures and any constructions attaching them (together a “set of structures”) are a building.\n(4) But subsections (2) and (3) are subject to subsection (5).\n(5) If an unattached structure or set of structures contains any independent parts, each independent part is a building (see section 4).\n(6) In this section “structure” means a roofed construction with walls (whether or not the construction includes parts that do not have a roof or walls).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 28.4.2026, see s. 138(1)(a)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.263160+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."
}