{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-higher-risk-buildings-key-building-information-etc-england-regulations-2023/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-higher-risk-buildings-key-building-information-etc-england-regulations-2023/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348243963",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-higher-risk-buildings-key-building-information-etc-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Key building information: use",
  "text": "(1) “Use” must be described using the following categories—\n(a) residential (dwellings),\n(b) residential (institutional),\n(c) residential (other),\n(d) office,\n(e) shop and commercial,\n(f) assembly and recreation,\n(g) industrial, or\n(h) storage and other non-residential\n(2) For the purposes of interpreting the categories in paragraph (1) regard must be had to Table 0.1 “Classification of purpose groups” of Approved Document B (Fire safety) volume 1: Dwellings (2019 edition incorporating 2020 and 2022 amendments) that came into force on 1 December 2022.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Copies of the Approved Document are available from https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents, or RIBA, https://www.ribabookshops.com/."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348243963/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:53.938808+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."
}