# The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348273779/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-building-safety-levy-england-regulations-2025/regulation-7
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