Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 740

The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

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1992 No. 740

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 16(9), 17(1) and (6), 35, 47(1) to (5), 49(1) and (5), 50(1), (4), (6) and (7), 51(1) and (2), 52(1) to (3) and (5), 53(2) and (4), 54(1) to (3) and (5), 56(1) and (2) and 126 of, and paragraphs 3 and 10 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1, 2(1), (2), (4) and (5), 3(1) and (2), 4(2) and (4), and 5 of Schedule 4 to, the Building Act 1984^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:-

Citation and Commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st June 1992.

Amendment of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1985
    2.    The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1985^[2] shall be amended as follows-
 (a) in regulation 2(1) (definitions) for the definition of "the principal regulations" there shall be substituted the definition ""the principal regulations' means the Building Regulations 1991^[3]", and
 (b) in regulation 27(4)(b) (cases in which a local authority may reject deposited plans) for the words "paragraph A3" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph A3 or A4".

Transitional Provisions
    3.    These Regulations shall not apply in relation to any work where, before 1st June 1992, an initial notice has been given to and accepted by a local authority, and, whilst such a notice continues in force, the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1985 shall continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made.

Michael Heseltine

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

12th March 1992

These Regulations amend the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1985 by substituting a reference to the Building Regulations 1991 in the definition of "the principal regulations".

They also amend regulation 27(4) (which prescribes the grounds on which a local authority may reject the deposit of plans where an approved inspector is to supervise those plans) by providing that a local authority may reject the deposit of plans where either paragraph A3 or A4 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 1991 applies to the work shown in the plans.

Regulation 3 contains transitional provisions.

[1] 1984 c. 55. Section 126 is cited for the definition of "prescribed". back

[2] S.I.1985/1066, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back

[3] S.I.1991/2768. back