Building and Approved Inspector (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3384)

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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

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5December 2007

Dear Sir or Madam

Building and Approved Inspector (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3384)

I am writing to inform you about the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3384). The regulations were made on 28 November and laid in Parliament today, 5 December.

Part of the regulations (amendments to Schedule 2A of the Building Regulations

2000) comes into force on 2 January 2008; the remainder on 6 April 2008.

Publications

DCLG Circular 05/2007

The purpose of the above Circular, which is also published today on the DCLG website www.comunities.gov.uk, is to explain the amendments made by the regulations and the transitional provisions which will apply to the changes.

Department of Communities and Local Government Tel 0207 944 5720 Sustainable Buildings, Zone 4 B4 Fax 0207 944 5719 Eland House, Bressenden Place Email e-mail: shona.dunn@communities.gsi.gov.uk

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Approved Documents

The changes made by the regulations will require the following Approved Documents to be amended: Approved Documents L1A, L1B, L2A, L2B, G, H and J.

Revised Approved Documents L1A, L1B, L2A, L2B will shortly be placed in draft on the DCLG website www.communities.gov.uk. These Approved Documents will also be notified to the European Commission. Subject to the outcome of consultation and successful notification to the European Commission, it is intended that they will come into effect on 6 April 2008.

Amendment slips to Approved Documents G, H and J will be issued before 6 April 2008.

Building Regulations Explanatory Booklet

A revised edition will be published before 6 April 2008, coming into effect on that date.

Enquiries

Any enquiries on this circular letter should be addressed to Carol Whale, Sustainable Buildings Division, Department for Communities and Local Government, 2/H6 Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU, (Tel: 020-7944 2662, E-mail: carol.whale@communities.gsi.gov.uk).

Yours faithfully

Shona Dunn