Regulation 7 “Residential building” and “relevant residential building”

(1)

“Residential building” means a building that—

(a)

is wholly situated in England;

(b)

consists of, or contains—

(i)

one or more dwellings, or

(ii)

one or more bedspaces in purpose-built student accommodation, and

(c)

is not an exempt building.

(2)

Schedule 1 makes provision about the meaning of “exempt building”.

(3)

A residential building is a “relevant residential building”, for the purposes of these Regulations, if it consists of or contains—

(a)

at least one ordinary residential dwelling,

(b)

at least one bedspace in purpose-built student accommodation, or

(c)

communal space for residents.

(4)

In these Regulations—

(a)

references to a residential building include references to a proposed residential building, and

(b)

references to a relevant residential building, apart from the references in regulations 17 (2) and 18 (2), include references to a proposed relevant residential building.