The Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Made: 9th March 2006

Laid before Parliament: 15th March 2006

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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PART 1 — Introductory

Citation and commencement

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PART 2 — Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000

Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000

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Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)

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Amendment of regulation 3 (meaning of building work)

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Amendment of regulation 4 (requirements relating to building work)

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New regulations 4A (requirements relating to thermal elements) and 4B (requirements where exemption from energy efficiency requirements ceases)

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Amendment of regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use)

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Amendment of regulation 9 (exempt buildings and work)

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Amendment of regulation 11 (power to dispense with or relax requirements)

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Amendment of regulation 12 (giving of a building notice or deposit of plans)

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Amendment of regulation 13 (particulars and plans where a building notice is given)

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Amendment of regulation 14 (full plans)

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Amendment of regulation 15 (notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work)

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Amendment of regulation 16A (provisions applicable to self certification schemes)

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New Part VA (energy performance of buildings)

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Amendment of regulation 20 (supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities)

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New regulations 20B, 20C and 20D (pressure testing, commissioning and CO2 emission rate calculations)

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Amendment of regulation 22 (contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence)

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Substitution of Part L (conservation of fuel and power)

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Amendment of Part P (electrical safety)

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Substitution of Schedule 2A (self-certification schemes and exemptions from requirement to give building notice or deposit full plans)

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Amendment of Schedule 2B (descriptions of work where no building notice or deposit of full plans required)

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PART 3 — Amendment of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2000

Amendment of the Approved Inspector Regulations

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Amendment of regulation 11 (functions of approved inspectors)

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New regulation 11A (provisions applicable to self-certification schemes for building work)

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New regulations 12B, 12C and 12D (pressure testing, commissioning and CO2 emission rate calculations)

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Amendment of regulation 31 (contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence)

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PART 4 — Application to educational buildings and statutory undertakers

Application to education buildings and buildings of statutory undertakers

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PART 5 — Transitional provisions

Transitional provisions – interpretation and application

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Transitional provisions – work already commenced

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Transitional provisions – work for which full plans not required

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Transitional provisions – full plans

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Transitional provisions – plans certificates

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Transitional provisions – buildings previously exempt

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SCHEDULE — Schedule 2A to the Building Regulations 2000 substituted by these Regulations

Signed

Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State

Yvette Cooper — Minister of State — 9th March 2006

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2004/3328.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: 1984 c. 55.

[^f00004]: 1985 c. 55; section 1(1) was amended by the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22), section 1(1) and (2); section 2A was inserted by section 4(1) of that Act; section 47 was amended by section 8(2) of that Act and S.I. 1996/1905; paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 8(1) of that Act; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3(1) and (5) of that Act, there are other amendments to that paragraph but none is relevant; paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3(1) and (7) of that Act.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2005/1541; amended by S.I. 2006/484. See articles 1(3) and 53(1) of S.I. 2005/1541.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2000/2531.

[^f00007]: Amended by S.I. 2002/2871, 2004/1465, 2004/3210.

[^f00008]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/3335, S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00009]: Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 2001/3335, and amended by S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00010]: Amended by S.I. 2001/3335; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00011]: Amended by S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00012]: 1990 c. 9.

[^f00013]: 1979 c. 46; section 1 (3), (5), (6), (7) were amended, and section 1(6A), (7A), (8A) were inserted, by the National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47), section 33 and Schedule 4, paragraph 25.

[^f00014]: OJ No L 1, 4.1.2003, p65.

[^f00015]: Amended by S.I. 2005/1541; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2005/1541; amended by S.I. 2006/484, which makes provision for fire safety in non-domestic premises.

[^f00017]: There are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00018]: There is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: Amended by S.I. 2002/440.

[^f00020]: Substituted by S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00021]: Amended by S.I. 2002/2871; there is another amending instrument but it is not relevant.

[^f00022]: Inserted by 2002/2871; there are amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00023]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) with registration number 00969051.

[^f00024]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 05716745.

[^f00025]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03548352.

[^f00026]: Substituted by S.I. 2001/3335.

[^f00027]: Inserted by S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00028]: Inserted by S.I. 2002/440; amended by 2003/2692 and 2004/3210.

[^f00029]: Inserted by S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00030]: S.I. 2000/2532.

[^f00031]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/3336, 2002/2872.

[^f00032]: There are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00033]: Inserted by S.I. 2002/2872, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00034]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) with registration number 00969051.

[^f00035]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 05716745.

[^f00036]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03548352.

[^f00037]: Amended by S.I. 2002/2872.

[^f00038]: Section 4(1)(a)(i)-(iv) were substituted by the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) , Schedule 37, paragraph 59; section 4(1)(a)(ii) was amended by the School Standards Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), Schedule 31; section 4(1)(iii) and (iv) were repealed by the School Standards Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), Schedule 31; section 4(1)(b) was amended by the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31), Schedule 6; there are other amending Acts and instruments but these are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00039]: OJ No L 1, 4.1.2003, p65.

[^f00040]: Amended by S.I. 2002/440.

[^f00041]: Amended by section 8(2) of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22), and S.I. 1996/1905.

[^f00042]: Section 51A was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905.

[^f00043]: Substituted by S.I. 2004/3210.

[^f00044]: Section 50(1) and (5) were substituted by S.I. 1996/1905.

[^f00045]: Amended by S.I. 2005/1082.

[^f00046]: S.I. 1998/2451.

[^f00047]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03268198.

[^f00048]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 02739706.

[^f00049]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 05190452.

[^f00050]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03712932.

[^f00051]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 02117828.

[^f00052]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 00143669.

[^f00053]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03548352

[^f00054]: Incorporated by Royal Charter.

[^f00055]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 05131470.

[^f00056]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 02513162.

[^f00057]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 03058561.

[^f00058]: A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with the registration number 04350234.

SCHEDULE 2A

Column 1	Column 2
Type of work	Person carrying out work
1Installation of a heat-producing gas appliance.	A person, or an employee of a person, who is a member of a class of persons approved in accordance with regulation 3 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 .
2Installation of heating or hot water service system connected to a heat-producing gas appliance, or associated controls.	A person registered by CORGI Services Limited in respect of that type of work.
3Installation of—aan oil-fired combustion appliance which has a rated heat output of 100 kilowatts or less and which is installed in a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement) or in a dwelling;boil storage tanks and the pipes connecting them to combustion appliances; orcheating and hot water service systems connected to an oil-fired combustion appliance.	An individual registered by Oil Firing Technical Association Limited , NAPIT Certification Limited or Building Engineering Services Competence Accreditation Limited in respect of that type of work.
4Installation of—aa solid fuel burning combustion appliance which has a rated heat output of 50 kilowatts or less which is installed in a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement); orbheating and hot water service systems connected to a solid fuel burning combustion appliance.	A person registered by HETAS Limited , NAPIT Certification Limited or Building Engineering Services Competence Accreditation Limited in respect of that type of work.
5Installation of a heating or hot water service system, or associated controls, in a dwelling.	A person registered by Building Engineering Services Competence Accreditation Limited in respect of that type of work.
6Installation of a heating, hot water service, mechanical ventilation or air conditioning system, or associated controls, in a building other than a dwelling.	A person registered by Building Engineering Services Competence Accreditation Limited in respect of that type of work.
7Installation of an air conditioning or ventilation system in an existing dwelling, which does not involve work on systems shared with other dwellings.	A person registered by CORGI Services Limited or NAPIT Certification Limited in respect of that type of work.
8Installation of a commercial kitchen ventilation system which does not involve work on systems shared with parts of the building occupied separately.	A person registered by CORGI Services Limited in respect of that type of work.
9Installation of a lighting system or electric heating system, or associated electrical controls.	A person registered by The Electrical Contractors Association Limited in respect of that type of work.
10Installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations.	A person registered by BRE Certification Limited , British Standards Institution , ELECSA Limited , NICEIC Group Limited or NAPIT Certification Limited in respect of that type of work.
11Installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations as a necessary adjunct to or arising out of other work being carried out by the registered person.	A person registered by CORGI Services Limited, ELECSA Limited, NAPIT Certification Limited, NICEIC Group Limited or Oil Firing Technical Association Limited in respect of that type of electrical work.
12Installation, as a replacement, of a window, rooflight, roof window or door (being a door which together with its frame has more than 50 per cent of its internal face area glazed) in an existing building.	A person registered under the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme by Fensa Ltd , or by CERTASS Limited or the British Standards Institution in respect of that type of work.
13Installation of a sanitary convenience, washing facility or bathroom in a dwelling, which does not involve work on shared or underground drainage.	A person registered by CORGI Services Limited or NAPIT Certification Limited in respect of that type of work.
141Subject to paragraph (2), any building work, other than the provision of a masonry chimney, which is necessary to ensure that any appliance, service or fitting which is installed and which is described in the preceding entries in column 1 above, complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1.2Paragraph (1) does not apply to—abuilding work which is necessary to ensure that a heat-producing gas appliance complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1 unless the appliance—ihas a rated heat output of 100 kilowatts or less; andiiis installed in a building with no more than 3 storeys (excluding any basement), or in a dwelling; orbthe provision of a masonry chimney.	The person who installs the appliance, service or fitting to which the building work relates and who is described in the corresponding entry in column 2 above.

Editorial notes

[^key-43022747f24d072a749f843685d89363]: Regulations revoked (1.10.2010) by The Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214), reg. 1, Sch. 5 (with regs. 9, 53)

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