{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-health-and-safety-rating-system-england-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-health-and-safety-rating-system-england-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3208",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-health-and-safety-rating-system-england-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Serious",
  "text": "(1) A harm is within the serious class of harm if, as a result of the hazard in question, serious harm is reasonably foreseeable.\n(2) Serious harm includes—\n(a) eye disorders;\n(b) rhinitis;\n(c) hypertension;\n(d) sleep disturbance;\n(e) neuropsychological impairment;\n(f) sick building syndrome;\n(g) regular and persistent dermatitis, including contact dermatitis;\n(h) allergy;\n(i) gastro-enteritis;\n(j) diarrhoea;\n(k) vomiting;\n(l) chronic severe stress;\n(m) mild heart attack;\n(n) malignant but treatable skin cancer;\n(o) loss of a finger;\n(p) fractured skull and severe concussion;\n(q) serious puncture wounds to head or body;\n(r) severe burns to hands;\n(s) serious strain or sprain injuries;\n(t) regular and severe migraine.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 3 substituted (23.6.2026) by The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/571), regs. 1(1), 9(c) (with reg. 10) (as amended by S.I. 2026/629, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 heading substituted (23.6.2026) by The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/571), regs. 1(1), 9(c) (with reg. 10) (as amended by S.I. 2026/629, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 6.4.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3208/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:07.715449+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."
}