{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-higher-risk-buildings-descriptions-and-supplementary-provisions-regulations-2023/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-higher-risk-buildings-descriptions-and-supplementary-provisions-regulations-2023/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348242812",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-higher-risk-buildings-descriptions-and-supplementary-provisions-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exclusions from the definition of “higher-risk building”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 65 of the 2022 Act a “higher-risk building” does not include a building of a description specified in paragraph (2).\n(2) The following descriptions of building are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) a building that comprises entirely of—\n(i) a care home;\n(ii) a hospital;\n(iii) a secure residential institution;\n(iv) a hotel;\n(v) military barracks;\n(b) a building that contains living accommodation provided by the Ministry of Defence (either alone or in combination with other accommodation);\n(c) a building that contains living accommodation (either alone or in combination with other accommodation) for—\n(i) His Majesty’s forces;\n(ii) any visiting force or an international headquarters or defence organisation designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348242812/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:44:05.120632+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."
}