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Official TranscriptStatus: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2022 No. 1210 (C. 95) BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, ENGLAND The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022 Made - - - - 18th November 2022 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in...
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2022 No. 1210 (C. 95) BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, ENGLAND The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022 Made - - - - 18th November 2022 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 170(2)
(b) and (6) of the Building Safety Act 2022(1).
Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2022 Act” means the Building Safety Act 2022.
Provisions coming into force on 1st December 2022
2. The following provisions of the 2022 Act come into force on 1st December 2022—
(a) sections 4(1), (2), (3) and (4) (regulator’s duty to facilitate building safety);
(b) sections 9(1) and (2) (building advisory committee); and
(c) section 11 (residents’ panel).
Transitional provision
3.—(1) Until the relevant date, the reference in section 4(3)(d) of the 2022 Act to persons upon whom duties are imposed by virtue of paragraph 5B of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984(2) is to be read as referring to persons who design or carry out building work (as defined in regulation 3 of the Building Regulations 2010(3)) in relation to a building, or a proposed building, which is a higher-risk building as defined in section 65 of the 2022 Act.
(2) In this regulation— “relevant date” means the day on which section 32 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (building control authorities) comes into force, ignoring any commencement of that section for the purpose only of making regulations.
(1) 2022 c. 30.
(2) 1984 c. 55. Paragraph 5B is inserted into Schedule 1 by section 34 of the 2022 Act.
(3) S.I. 2010/2214.Document Generated: 2022-11-23
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Lee Rowley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Levelling Up, Housing and 18th November 2022 Communities 2Document Generated: 2022-11-23
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EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations are the third commencement regulations made under the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 brings into force on 1st December 2022 sections 4(1) to (4) of the Act, which impose a duty on the regulator to assist specified groups in the improvement of building safety; section 9(1) and (2) of the Act, which requires the regulator to establish a building advisory committee; and
section 11, which requires the regulator to establish and maintain a committee of residents of higher- risk buildings to advise it on its functions.
Regulation 3 contains a transitional provision.
An impact assessment has been produced in relation to the Act and copies can be obtained at https:// publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0139/BuildingSafetyBillImpactAssessment.pdf or from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS (This note is not part of the Regulations) The following provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.
Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Section 2(2) 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 3 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 17 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 18 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 31 (partially) 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 41 (partially) 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 48 (partially) 28th July 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 55 (partially) 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 57 (partially) 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561 Sections 126 to 129 1st September 2022 S.I. 2022/927 Sections 130 to 131 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 132 (partially) 28th May 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 132 (remaining purposes) 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
Section 160 1st October 2022 S.I. 2022/561 Schedule 1 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561 3Document Generated: 2022-11-23
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Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 (partially), 2, 3, 4 28th June 2022 S.I. 2022/561
(partially), 5 (partially), 6, 9, 10, 11 (partially), 12 (partially), 13 (partially), 14 (partially), 15
(partially), 16, 22 (partially), 46 (partially), 50, 51, 53, 55 (partially), 57 (partially), 67, 71, 74 (partially), 75, 76 (partially), 77 (partially), 78, 81 (partially), 82, 83 (partially) and 84
(partially).
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