Introductory text

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2025/1236 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 120A(7) of the Building Act 1984 (c. 55), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, ENGLAND

Made ***

Coming into force 1st October 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 47(1), (2) and (5), 50(4) and (6), 51A(2) and (3), 105C(1), (3) and (5) and 120A(2) and (3) of the Building Act 1984^f1.

In accordance with section 120B(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the regulator (which has the meaning given in section 126 of that Act) and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate^f2.

In accordance with section 120A(7) of that Act^f3, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 55. Section 1 was amended by section 1(1) to (3) of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22) (“the 2004 Act”) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (“the 2022 Act”). Subsections (1), (2) and (5) of section 47 were amended by section 8(2) of the 2004 Act, sections 46(1) and 48(2) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 40 of Schedule 5 to, the 2022 Act and S.I. 1996/1905. Section 50(4) was amended by section 49(2)(b) of the 2022 Act. Section 51A was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905 and subsection (2) was amended by section 48(3) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to, the 2022 Act. Section 51A(6) applies the powers in section 47(5) to amendment notices. Sections 105C and 120A were inserted by section 58 of, and paragraph 77 of Schedule 5 to, the 2022 Act respectively. See section 105C(11) for the definition of “specified” and section 126 for the definitions of “appropriate national authority” and “prescribed”. The definition of “appropriate national authority” was inserted by paragraph 81(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2022 Act.
f2: Section 120B was inserted by paragraph 77 of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022. The definition of “regulator” in section 126 was inserted by section 43 of, and paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 4 to, that Act and amended by S.I. 2026/20.
f3: Section 120A was inserted by paragraph 77 of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022.