Building (Amendment) Regulations 2014

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Our Ref: Your Ref:

To:

The Chief Executive

Unitary, Metropolitan, District and London Borough Councils in England

County and County Borough Councils in Wales

The Town Clerk, City of London The Clerk, Council of the Isles of Scilly The Sub-Treasurer, Inner Temple The Under Treasurer, Middle Temple

The Head of Building Control Unitary Metropolitan, District and London Borough Councils in England

County and County Borough Councils in Wales

City of London

Council of the Isles of Scilly

Approved Inspectors

cc:The Chief Executive: County Councils in England National Park Authorities in England & Wales

The Chief Fire Officer: Fire and Rescue Authorities in England & Wales

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8September 2014

Dear Sir or Madam

Building (Amendment) Regulations 2014

I am writing to inform you of the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2362) (the “Amendment Regulations”) which were made on 4 September 2014 and laid before Parliament on 8 September 2014. The Amendment Regulations amend the Building Regulations 2010.

Scope of this Circular Letter

The guidance in this Circular Letter applies to buildings and building work in England, and also to excepted energy buildings in Wales.¹

Publications

The Amendment Regulations are available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2362.

DCLG Circular 02/2014, which describes the amendments more fully is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2014- circular-022014

Coming into force date

The Amendment Regulations come into force on 1 October 2014. There are no transitional provisions.

¹ Excepted energy buildings are defined in the schedule to the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019)

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The Amendment Regulations revoke the authorisation of:

•HETAS Limited only in respect of the installation of oil-fired combustion appliances or oil storage tanks and the pipes connecting them to combustion appliances; and

•BSI Assurance UK Limited only in respect of third party certification of electrical installations in dwellings.

As neither scheme operator had any registered members carrying out these types of work no transitional arrangements are needed in respect of any work being carried out.

Enquiries

Any enquiries about this Circular Letter should be addressed to: enquiries.br@communities.gsi.gov.uk.

Yours faithfully

R J Ledsome

Deputy Director

Building Regulations and Standards