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Building Regulations 2000( ) 1
PART 1
General
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations 2000 and shall come into force
on 1st January 2001.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Building Act 1984;
“amendment notice” means a notice given under section 51A of the Act;
“building” means any permanent or temporary building but not any other kind of structure or
erection, and a reference to a building includes a reference to part of a building;
“building notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulations 12(2)(a) and 13;
“building work” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1);
“change to a building’s energy status” means any change which results in a building becoming
a building to which the energy efficiency requirements of these Regulations apply, where
previously it was not;
“controlled service or fitting” means a service or fitting in relation to which Part G, H, J, L or
P of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement;
“day” means any period of 24 hours commencing at midnight and excludes any Saturday,
Sunday, Bank holiday or public holiday;
“dwelling” includes a dwelling-house and a flat;
“dwelling-house” does not include a flat or a building containing a flat;
“electrical installation” means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on
the consumer’s side of the electricity supply meter;
“energy efficiency requirements” means the requirements of regulations 4A, 17C and 17D and
Part L of Schedule 1;
“energy rating” of a dwelling means a numerical indication of the overall energy efficiency of
that dwelling obtained by the application of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State
under regulation 16(2) of these Regulations;
“European Technical Approval issuing body” means a body authorised by a member state of
the European Economic Area to issue European Technical Approvals (a favourable technical
assessment of the fitness for use of a construction product for the purposes of the Construction
Products Directive);
“extra-low voltage” means voltage not exceeding—
(a) in relation to alternating current, 50 volts between conductors and earth; or
(b) in relation to direct current, 120 volts between conductors;
“final certificate” means a certificate given under section 51 of the Act;
“fixed building services” means any part of, or any controls associated with,—
(1) As amended by S.I. 2001/3335; 2002/440; 2002/2871; 2003/2692; 2003/3133; 2004/1465; 2004/3210; 2006/652 and
2006/3318.
(a) fixed internal or external lighting systems, but does not include emergency escape
lighting or specialist process lighting; or
(b) fixed systems for heating, hot water service, air conditioning or mechanical ventilation;
“flat” means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for use for
residential purposes and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided
horizontally;
“floor area” means the aggregate area of every floor in a building or extension, calculated by
reference to the finished internal faces of the walls enclosing the area, or if at any point there
is no such wall, by reference to the outermost edge of the floor;
“fronting” has the meaning given in section 203(3) of the Highways Act 1980;
“full plans” means plans deposited with a local authority for the purposes of section 16 of the
Act in accordance with regulations 12(2)(b) and 14;
“height” means the height of the building measured from the mean level of the ground
adjoining the outside of the external walls of the building to the level of half the vertical
height of the roof of the building, or to the top of the walls or of the parapet, if any, whichever
is the higher;
“independent access” means, in relation to a part of a building (including any extension to that
building), a route of access to that part which does not require the user to pass through any
other part of the building;
“initial notice” means a notice given under section 47 of the Act;
“institution” means an institution (whether described as a hospital, home, school or other
similar establishment) which is used as living accommodation for, or for the treatment, care or
maintenance of persons—
(a) suffering from disabilities due to illness or old age or other physical or mental incapacity,
or
(b) under the age of five years,
where such persons sleep on the premises;
“low-voltage” means voltage not exceeding—
(a) in relation to alternating current, 1000 volts between conductors or 600 volts between
conductors and earth; or
(b) in relation to direct current, 1500 volts between conductors or 900 volts between
conductors and earth;
“material alteration” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);
“material change of use” has the meaning given in regulation 5;
“private street” has the meaning given in section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980;
“public body’s final certificate” means a certificate given under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to
the Act;
“public body’s notice” means a notice given under section 54 of the Act;
“renovation” in relation to a thermal element means the provision of a new layer in the
thermal element or the replacement of an existing layer, but excludes decorative finishes, and
“renovate” shall be construed accordingly;
“room for residential purposes” means a room, or a suite of rooms, which is not a dwellinghouse
or a flat and which is used by one or more persons to live and sleep and includes a room
in a hostel, an hotel, a boarding house, a hall of residence or a residential home, whether or not
the room is separated from or arranged in a cluster group with other rooms, but does not
include a room in a hospital, or other similar establishment, used for patient accommodation
and, for the purposes of this definition, a “cluster” is a group of rooms for residential purposes
which is—
(a) separated from the rest of the building in which it is situated by a door which is designed
to be locked; and
(b) not designed to be occupied by a single household;
“shop” includes premises—
(a) used for the sale to members of the public of food or drink for consumption on or off the
premises,
(b) used for retail sales by auction to members of the public,
(c) used by members of the public as a barber or hairdresser, or for the hiring of any item,
and
(d) where members of the public may take goods for repair or other treatment.
(2) In these Regulations “public building” means a building consisting of or containing—
(a) a theatre, public library, hall or other place of public resort;
(b) a school or other educational establishment not exempted from the operation of building
regulations by virtue of section 4(1)(a) of the Act; or
(c) a place of public worship;
but a building is not to be treated as a place of public resort because it is, or it contains, a shop,
storehouse or warehouse, or is a dwelling to which members of the public are occasionally
admitted.
(2A) In these Regulations “thermal element” means a wall, floor or roof (but does not include
windows, doors, roof windows or roof-lights) which separates a thermally conditioned part of the
building (“the conditioned space”) from—
(a) the external environment (including the ground); or
(b) in the case of floors and walls, another part of the building which is—
(i) unconditioned;
(ii) an extension falling within class VII of Schedule 2; or
(iii) where this paragraph applies, conditioned to a different temperature,
and includes all parts of the element between the surface bounding the conditioned space
and the external environment or other part of the building as the case may be.
(2B) Paragraph (2A)(b)(iii) only applies to a building which is not a dwelling, where the other
part of the building is used for a purpose which is not similar or identical to the purpose for which
the conditioned space is used.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation, Part or Schedule is a reference
to the regulation, Part or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations.
PART 2
Control of Building Work
Meaning of building work
3.—(1) In these Regulations “building work” means—
(a) the erection or extension of a building;
(b) the provision or extension of a controlled service or fitting in or in connection with a
building;
(c) the material alteration of a building, or a controlled service or fitting, as mentioned in
paragraph (2);
(d) work required by regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use);
(e) the insertion of insulating material into the cavity wall of a building;
(f) work involving the underpinning of a building;
(g) work required by regulation 4A (requirements relating to thermal elements);
(h) work required by regulation 4B (requirements relating to a change of energy status);
(i) work required by regulation 17D (consequential improvements to energy performance).
(2) An alteration is material for the purposes of these Regulations if the work, or any part of it,
would at any stage result—
(a) in a building or controlled service or fitting not complying with a relevant requirement
where previously it did; or
(b) in a building or controlled service or fitting which before the work commenced did not
comply with a relevant requirement, being more unsatisfactory in relation to such a
requirement.
(3) In paragraph (2) “relevant requirement” means any of the following applicable requirements
of Schedule 1, namely—
Part A (structure)
paragraph B1 (means of warning and escape)
paragraph B3 (internal fire spread—structure)
paragraph B4 (external fire spread)
paragraph B5 (access and facilities for the fire service)
Part M (access to and use of buildings).
Requirements relating to building work
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (1A) building work shall be carried out so that—
(a) it complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1; and
(b) in complying with any such requirement there is no failure to comply with any other such
requirement.
(1A) Where—
(a) building work is of a kind described in regulation 3(1)(g), (h) or (i); and
(b) the carrying out of that work does not constitute a material alteration,
that work need only comply with the applicable requirements of Part L of Schedule 1.
(2) Building work shall be carried out so that, after it has been completed—
(a) any building which is extended or to which a material alteration is made; or
(b) any building in, or in connection with, which a controlled service or fitting is provided,
extended or materially altered; or
(c) any controlled service or fitting,
complies with the applicable requirements of Schedule 1 or, where it did not comply with any
such requirement, is no more unsatisfactory in relation to that requirement than before the work
was carried out.
Requirements relating to thermal elements
4A—(1) Where a person intends to renovate a thermal element, such work shall be carried out
as is necessary to ensure that the whole thermal element complies with the requirements of
paragraph L1(a)(i) of Schedule 1.
(2) Where a thermal element is replaced, the new thermal element shall comply with the
requirements of paragraph L1(a)(i) of Schedule 1.
Requirements relating to a change to energy status
4B—(1) Where there is a change to a building’s energy status, such work, if any, shall be
carried out as is necessary to ensure that the building complies with the applicable requirements of
Part L of Schedule 1.
(2) In this regulation “building” means the building as a whole or parts of it that have been
designed or altered to be used separately.
Meaning of material change of use
5. For the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Act and for the purposes of these
Regulations, there is a material change of use where there is a change in the purposes for which or
the circumstances in which a building is used, so that after that change—
(a) the building is used as a dwelling, where previously it was not;
(b) the building contains a flat, where previously it did not;
(c) the building is used as an hotel or a boarding house, where previously it was not;
(d) the building is used as an institution, where previously it was not;
(e) the building is used as a public building, where previously it was not;
(f) the building is not a building described in Classes I to VI in Schedule 2, where previously
it was;
(g) the building, which contains at least one dwelling, contains a greater or lesser number of
dwellings than it did previously;
(h) the building contains a room for residential purposes, where previously it did not;
(i) the building, which contains at least one room for residential purposes, contains a greater
or lesser number of such rooms than it did previously; or
(j) the building is used as a shop, where previously it was not.
Requirements relating to material change of use
6.—(1) Where there is a material change of use of the whole of a building, such work, if any,
shall be carried out as is necessary to ensure that the building complies with the applicable
requirements of the following paragraphs of Schedule 1—
(a) in all cases, B1 (means of warning and escape)
B2 (internal fire spread—linings)
B3 (internal fire spread—structure)
B4(2) (external fire spread—roofs)
B5 (access and facilities for the fire service)
C2(c) (interstitial and surface condensation)
F1 (ventilation)
G1 (sanitary conveniences and washing facilities)
G2 (bathrooms)
H1 (foul water drainage)
H6 (solid waste storage)
J1 to J3 (combustion appliances)
L1 (conservation of fuel and power)
P1 (electrical safety);
(b) in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(c), (d), (e) or (f), A1 to
A3 (structure);
(c) in the case of a building exceeding fifteen metres in height, B4(1) (external fire spread—
walls);
(cc) in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(a),(b),(c),(d),(g),(h),(i) or,
where the material change provides new residential accommodation,(f), C1(2) (resistance
to contaminants);
(d) in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(a), C2 (resistance to
moisture);
(e) in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(a), (b), (c), (g), (h) or (i),
E1 to E3 (resistance to the passage of sound);
(f) in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(e), where the public
building consists of or contains a school, E4 (acoustic conditions in schools);
(g) in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(c), (d), (e) or (j), M1
(access and use).
(2) Where there is a material change of use of part only of a building, such work, if any, shall be
carried out as is necessary to ensure that—
(a) that part complies in all cases with any applicable requirements referred to in paragraph
(1)(a);
(b) in a case in which sub-paragraphs (b), (d), (e) or (f) of paragraph (1) apply, that part
complies with the requirements referred to in the relevant sub-paragraph;
(c) in a case to which sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) applies, the whole building
complies with the requirement referred to in that sub-paragraph; and
(d) in a case to which sub-paragraph (g) of paragraph (1) applies—
(i) that part and any sanitary conveniences provided in or in connection with that part
comply with the requirements referred to in that sub-paragraph; and
(ii) the building complies with requirement M1(a) of Schedule 1 to the extent that
reasonable provision is made to provide either suitable independent access to that
part or suitable access through the building to that part.
Materials and workmanship
7. Building work shall be carried out—
(a) with adequate and proper materials which—
(i) are appropriate for the circumstances in which they are used,
(ii) are adequately mixed or prepared, and
(iii) are applied, used or fixed so as adequately to perform the functions for which they
are designed; and
(b) in a workmanlike manner.
Limitation on requirements
8. Parts A to D, F to K, N and P (except for paragraphs H2 and J6) of Schedule 1 shall not
require anything to be done except for the purpose of securing reasonable standards of health and
safety for persons in or about buildings (and any others who may be affected by buildings, or
matters connected with buildings).
Exempt buildings and work
9.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) these Regulations do not apply to—
(a) the erection of any building or extension of a kind described in Schedule 2; or
(b) the carrying out of any work to or in connection with such a building or extension, if after
the carrying out of that work it is still a building or extension of a kind described in that
Schedule.
(2) The requirements of Part P of Schedule 1 apply to—
(a) any greenhouse;
(b) any small detached building falling within class VI in Schedule 2; and
(c) any extension of a building falling within class VII in Schedule 2,
which in any case receives its electricity from a source shared with or located inside a dwelling.
(3) The energy efficiency requirements of these Regulations apply to—
(a) the erection of any building of a kind falling within this paragraph;
(b) the extension of any such building, other than an extension falling within class VII in
Schedule 2; and
(c) the carrying out of any work to or in connection with any such building or extension.
(4) A building falls within paragraph (3) if it—
(a) is a roofed construction having walls;
(b) uses energy to condition the indoor climate; and
(c) does not fall within the categories listed in paragraph (5).
(5) The categories referred to in paragraph (4)(c) are—
(a) buildings which are—
(i) listed in accordance with section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and
Conservation Areas) Act 1990;
(ii) in a conservation area designated in accordance with section 69 of that Act; or
(iii) included in the schedule of monuments maintained under section 1 of the Ancient
Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979,
where compliance with the energy efficiency requirements would unacceptably alter their
character or appearance;
(b) buildings which are used primarily or solely as places of worship;
(c) temporary buildings with a planned time of use of two years or less, industrial sites,
workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings with low energy demand;
(d) stand-alone buildings other than dwellings with a total useful floor area of less than 50m2.
(6) In this regulation—
(a) “building” means the building as a whole or parts of it that have been designed or altered
to be used separately; and
(b) the following terms have the same meaning as in European Parliament and Council
Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings—
(i) “industrial sites”;
(ii) “low energy demand”;
(iii) “non-residential agricultural buildings”;
(iv) “places of worship”;
(v) “stand-alone”;
(vi) “total useful floor area”;
(vii) “workshops”.
PART 3
Exemption of Public Bodies from Procedural Requirements
The Metropolitan Police Authority
10.—(1) The Metropolitan Police Authority is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 5 of
the Act (exemption of public bodies from the procedural requirements and enforcement of
building regulations).
(2) The Metropolitan Police Authority is exempt from compliance with these Regulations in so
far as the requirements in these Regulations are not substantive requirements.
PART 4
Relaxation of Requirements
Power to dispense with or relax requirements
11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the power under section 8(1) of the Act to dispense with or
relax any requirement contained in these Regulations shall be exercisable by the local authority.
(2) Any notification by the local authority to an applicant that they have refused his application
to dispense with or relax any requirement of these Regulations shall inform the applicant of the
effect of section 39(1) and (3) of the Act (appeal against refusal etc to relax building regulations).
(3) Sub-sections (1) to (5) of section 8 of the Act (relaxation of building regulations) do not
apply to—
(a) regulation 17C; or
(b) in the case of existing buildings with a total useful floor area over 1,000m2, the energy
efficiency requirements of these Regulations.
PART 5
Notices and Plans
Giving of a building notice or deposit of plans
12.—(1). . .
(2) This regulation applies to a person who intends to—
(a) carry out building work;
(b) replace or renovate a thermal element in a building to which the energy efficiency
requirements apply;
(c) make a change to a building’s energy status; or
(d) make a material change of use.
(2A) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person to whom this regulation
applies shall—
(a) give to the local authority a building notice in accordance with regulation 13; or
(b) deposit full plans with the local authority in accordance with regulation 14.
(3) A person shall deposit full plans where he intends to carry out building work in relation to a
building to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, or will apply after the
completion of the building work.
(4) A person shall deposit full plans where he intends to carry out work which includes the
erection of a building fronting on to a private street.
(4A) A person shall deposit full plans where he intends to carry out building work in relation to
which paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement.
(5) A person who intends to carry out building work is not required to give a building notice or
deposit full plans where the work consists only of work—
(a) described in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 2A if the work is to be carried out by a
person described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table, and paragraphs 1
and 2 of that Schedule have effect for the purposes of the descriptions in the Table; or
(b) described in Schedule 2B.
(6) Where regulation 20 of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2000 (local
authority powers in relation to partly completed work) applies, the owner shall comply with the
requirements of that regulation instead of with this regulation.
(7) Where—
(a) a person proposes to carry out work which consists of emergency repairs;
(b) it is not practicable to comply with paragraph (2A) before commencing the work; and
(c) paragraph (5) does not apply,
he shall give a building notice to the local authority as soon as reasonably practicable after
commencement of the work.
Particulars and plans where a building notice is given
13.—(1) A building notice shall state the name and address of the person intending to carry out
the work and shall be signed by him or on his behalf, and shall contain or be accompanied by—
(a) a statement that it is given for the purpose of regulation 12(2)(a);
(b) a description of the proposed building work, renovation or replacement of a thermal
element, change to the building’s energy status or material change of use; and
(c) particulars of the location of the building to which the proposal relates and the use or
intended use of that building.
(2) In the case of the erection or extension of a building, a building notice shall be accompanied
by—
(a) a plan to a scale of not less than 1:1250 showing—
(i) the size and position of the building, or the building as extended, and its relationship
to adjoining boundaries;
(ii) the boundaries of the curtilage of the building, or the building as extended, and the
size, position and use of every other building or proposed building within that
curtilage;
(iii) the width and position of any street on or within the boundaries of the curtilage of
the building or the building as extended;
(b) a statement specifying the number of storeys (each basement level being counted as one
storey), in the building to which the proposal relates; and
(c) particulars of—
(i) the provision to be made for the drainage of the building or extension;
(ii) . . .
(iii) the steps to be taken to comply with any local enactment which applies.
(3) In the case of building work which involves the insertion of insulating material into the
cavity walls of a building, a building notice shall be accompanied by a statement which
specifies—
(a) the name and type of insulating material to be used;
(b) the name of any European Technical Approval issuing body which has approved the
insulating material;
(c) the requirements of Schedule 1 in relation to which any body referred to in (b) has
approved the insulating material;
(d) any national standard of a member state of the European Economic Area to which the
insulating material conforms; and
(e) the name of any body which has issued any current approval to the installer of the
insulating material.
(4) Where building work involves the provision of a hot water storage system in relation to
which paragraph G3 of Schedule 1 (hot water storage) imposes a requirement, a building notice
shall be accompanied by a statement which specifies—
(a) the name, make, model and type of hot water storage system to be installed;
(b) the name of the body, if any, which has approved or certified that the system is capable of
performing in a way which satisfies the requirements of paragraph G3 of Schedule 1;
(c) the name of the body, if any, which has issued any current registered operative identity
card to the installer or proposed installer of the system.
(5) Where a building notice has been given, a person carrying out building work, renovation or
replacement of a thermal element, change to the building’s energy status or making a material
change of use shall give the local authority, within such time as they specify, such plans as are, in
the particular case, necessary for the discharge of their functions in relation to building regulations
and are specified by them in writing.
(6) Neither a building notice nor plans which accompany it or are given under paragraph (5) are
to be treated for the purposes of section 16 of the Act as having been deposited in accordance with
building regulations.
(7) A building notice shall cease to have effect on the expiry of three years from the date on
which that notice was given to the local authority, unless before the expiry of that period—
(a) the building work to which the notice related was commenced; or
(b) the change to the building’s energy status or the material change of use described in the
notice was made.
Full plans
14.—(1) Full plans shall be accompanied by a statement that they are deposited for the purpose
of regulation 12(2)(b).
(2) (a) Full plans shall be deposited in duplicate, of which the local authority may retain one
copy; and
(b) where Part B of Schedule 1 (fire safety) imposes a requirement in relation to proposed
building work, an additional two copies of any such plans as demonstrate compliance
with that requirement shall be deposited, both of which may be retained by the local
authority.
(3) Full plans shall consist of—
(a) a description of the proposed building work, renovation or replacement of a thermal
element, change to the building’s energy status or material change of use, and the plans,
particulars and statements required by paragraphs (1) to (4) of regulation 13; and
(aa) where paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement, particulars of the precautions
to be taken in building over a drain, sewer or disposal main to comply with the
requirements of that paragraph; and
(b) any other plans which are necessary to show that the work would comply with these
Regulations.
(4) Full plans shall be accompanied by a statement as to whether the building is a building in
relation to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, or will apply after the
completion of the building work.
(5) Full plans may be accompanied by a request from the person carrying out building work that
on completion of the work he wishes the local authority to issue a completion certificate in
accordance with regulation 17.
(6) Paragraph (2)(b) shall not require the deposit of additional copies of plans where the
proposed building work relates to the erection, extension or material alteration of a dwelling-house
or flat.
Consultation with sewerage undertaker
14A—(1) This regulation applies where full plans have been deposited with the local authority
and paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 imposes requirements in relation to the building work which is
the subject of those plans.
(2) Where this regulation applies the local authority shall consult the sewerage undertaker—
(a) as soon as practicable after the plans have been deposited; and
(b) before issuing any completion certificate in relation to the building work in accordance
with regulation 17 pursuant to a request under regulation 14(5).
(3) Where a local authority is required by paragraph (2) to consult the sewerage undertaker they
shall—
(a) give to the sewerage undertaker, in a case where they are consulting them following the
deposit of full plans, sufficient plans to show whether the work would, if carried out in
accordance with those plans, comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph H4 of
Schedule 1;
(b) have regard to any views expressed by the sewerage undertaker; and
(c) not pass plans or issue a completion certificate until 15 days have elapsed from the date
on which they consulted the sewerage undertaker, unless the sewerage undertaker has
expressed its views to them before the expiry of that period.
Notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work
15.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), a person who proposes to carry out building work
shall not commence that work unless—
(a) he has given the local authority notice that he intends to commence work; and
(b) at least two days have elapsed since the end of the day on which he gave the notice.
(2) Subject to paragraph (8), a person carrying out building work shall not—
(a) cover up any excavation for a foundation, any foundation, any damp-proof course or any
concrete or other material laid over a site; or
(b) cover up in any way any drain or sewer to which these Regulations apply, unless he has
given the local authority notice that he intends to commence that work, and at least one
day has elapsed since the end of the day on which he gave the notice.
(3) Subject to paragraph (8), a person who has laid, haunched or covered any drain or sewer in
respect of which Part H of Schedule 1 (drainage and waste disposal) imposes a requirement shall
give notice to that effect to the local authority not more than five days after the completion of the
work.
(4) Subject to paragraph (8), a person carrying out building work shall, not more than five days
after that work has been completed, give the local authority notice to that effect.
(5) Where a building is being erected, and that building (or any part of it) is to be occupied
before completion, the person carrying out that work shall give the local authority at least five
days notice before the building or any part of it is occupied.
(6) Where a person fails to comply with paragraphs (1) to (3), he shall comply within a
reasonable time with any notice given by the local authority requiring him to cut into, lay open or
pull down so much of the work as prevents them from ascertaining whether these Regulations
have been complied with.
(7) If the local authority have given notice specifying the manner in which any work
contravenes the requirements in these Regulations, a person who has carried out any further work
to secure compliance with these Regulations shall within a reasonable time after the completion of
such further work give notice to the local authority of its completion.
(8) Paragraphs (1) to (4) apply only to a person who is required by regulation 12 to give a
building notice or deposit full plans.
(9) Paragraph (1) does not apply where regulation 12(7) applies.
Energy rating
16.—(1) This regulation applies where a new dwelling is created by building work or by a
material change of use in connection with which building work is carried out.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the building work shall calculate the
energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and give
notice of that rating to the local authority.
(3) The notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall be given not later than the date on which the
notice required by paragraph (4) of regulation 15 is given, and, where a new dwelling is created by
the erection of a building, it shall be given at least five days before occupation of the dwelling.
(4) Where this regulation applies, subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the person carrying out the
building work shall affix, as soon as practicable, in a conspicuous place in the dwelling, a notice
stating the energy rating of the dwelling.
(5) The notice referred to in paragraph (4) shall be affixed not later than the date on which the
notice required by paragraph (4) of regulation 15 is given, and, where a new dwelling is created by
the erection of a building, it shall be affixed not later than five days before occupation of the
dwelling.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7), if, on the date the dwelling is first occupied as a residence, no
notice has been affixed in the dwelling in accordance with paragraph (4), the person carrying out
the building work shall, not later than the date on which the notice required by paragraph (4) of
regulation 15 is given, give to the occupier of the dwelling a notice stating the energy rating of the
dwelling calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).
(7) Paragraphs (4) and (6) shall not apply in a case where the person carrying out the work
intends to occupy, or occupies, the dwelling as a residence.
Provisions applicable to self certification schemes
16A—(1) This regulation applies to the extent that the building work consists only of work of a
type described in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 2A and the work is carried out by a person
who is described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table in respect of that type of
work.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the local authority is authorised to accept, as evidence that the
requirements of regulations 4 and 7 have been satisfied, a certificate to that effect by the person
carrying out the building work.
(3) Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the work shall, not more than 30 days
after the completion of the work—
(a) give to the occupier a copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph (2); and
(b) give to the local authority—
(i) notice to that effect, or
(ii) the certificate referred to in paragraph (2).
(4) Paragraph (3) of this regulation does not apply where a person carries out the building
work described in Schedule 2B.
Completion certificates
17.—(1) A local authority shall give a completion certificate in accordance with this regulation
and as provided for in paragraph (2) where—
(a) they receive a notice under regulation 15(4) or (5) that building work has been completed,
or, that a building has been partly occupied before completion; and
(b) they have either—
(i) been notified, in accordance with regulation 14(4), that the building is a building
to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, or will apply after
the completion of the work; or
(ii) been requested, in accordance with regulation 14(5), to give a completion
certificate.
(2) Where in relation to any building work or, as the case may be, to any part of a building
which has been occupied before completion, a local authority have been able to ascertain, after
taking all reasonable steps, that the relevant requirements of Schedule 1 specified in the certificate
have been satisfied, they shall give a certificate to that effect.
(3) In this regulation “relevant requirements” mean—
(a) in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the applicable requirements of Part B of
Schedule 1 (fire safety); and
(b) in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), any applicable requirements of Schedule 1.
(4) A certificate given in accordance with this regulation shall be evidence (but not conclusive
evidence) that the requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.
PART 5A
Energy Performance of Buildings
Methodology of calculation of the energy performance of buildings
17A. The Secretary of State shall approve a methodology of calculation of the energy
performance of buildings.
Minimum energy performance requirements for buildings
17B. The Secretary of State shall approve minimum energy performance requirements for new
buildings, in the form of target CO2 emission rates, which shall be based upon the methodology
approved pursuant to regulation 17A.
New buildings
17C. Where a building is erected, it shall not exceed the target CO2 emission rate for the
building that has been approved pursuant to regulation 17B.
Consequential improvements to energy performance
17D.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to an existing building with a total useful floor area over
1,000m2 where the proposed building work consists of or includes—
(a) an extension;
(b) the initial provision of any fixed building services; or
(c) an increase to the installed capacity of any fixed building services.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where this paragraph applies, such work, if any, shall be carried out
as is necessary to ensure that the building complies with the requirements of Part L of Schedule 1.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) requires work to be carried out if it is not technically, functionally
and economically feasible.
Interpretation
17E. In this Part “building” means the building as a whole or parts of it that have been designed
or altered to be used separately.
PART 6
Miscellaneous
Testing of building work
18. The local authority may make such tests of any building work as may be necessary to
establish whether it complies with regulation 7 or any of the applicable requirements contained in
Schedule 1.
Sampling of material
19. The local authority may take such samples of the material to be used in the carrying out of
building work as may be necessary to enable them to ascertain whether such materials comply
with the provisions of these Regulations.
Supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities
20.—(1) Regulations 12, 15, 16, 16A, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 20C and 20D shall not apply in
respect of any work specified in an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice,
which is in force.
(2) Regulations 18 and 19 shall not apply in respect of any work in relation to which a final
certificate or a public body’s final certificate has been accepted by the local authority.
Sound insulation testing
20A—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) below, this regulation applies to—
(a) building work in relation to which paragraph El of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement;
and
(b) work which is required to be carried out to a building to ensure that it complies with
paragraph E1 of Schedule 1 by virtue of regulation 6(1)(e) or 6(2)(b).
(2) Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the work shall, for the purpose of
ensuring compliance with paragraph El of Schedule 1—
(a) ensure that appropriate sound insulation testing is carried out in accordance with a
procedure approved by the Secretary of State; and
(b) give a copy of the results of the testing referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to the local
authority.
(3) The results of the testing referred to in paragraph (2)(a) shall be—
(a) recorded in a manner approved by the Secretary of State; and
(b) given to the local authority in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) not later than the date on
which the notice required by regulation 15(4) is given.
(4) Where building work consists of the erection of a dwelling-house or a building containing
flats, this regulation does not apply to any part of the building in relation to which the person
carrying out the building work notifies the local authority, not later than the date on which he
gives notice of commencement of the work under regulation 15(1), that, for the purpose of
achieving compliance of the work with paragraph E1 of Schedule 1, he is using one or more
design details approved by Robust Details Limited, provided that—
(a) the notification specifies—
(i) the part or parts of the building in respect of which he is using the design detail;
(ii) the design detail concerned; and
(iii) the unique number issued by Robust Details Limited in respect of the specified use
of that design detail; and
(b) the building work carried out in respect of the part or parts of the building identified in
the notification is in accordance with the design detail specified in the notification.
Pressure testing
20B.—(1) This regulation applies to the erection of a building in relation to which paragraph
L1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the work shall, for the purpose of
ensuring compliance with regulation 17C and paragraph L1(a)(i) of Schedule 1—
(a) ensure that—
(i) pressure testing is carried out in such circumstances as are approved by the Secretary
of State; and
(ii) the testing is carried out in accordance with a procedure approved by the Secretary of
State; and
(b) subject to paragraph (5), give notice of the results of the testing to the local authority.
(3) The notice referred to in paragraph (2)(b) shall—
(a) record the results and the data upon which they are based in a manner approved by the
Secretary of State; and
(b) be given to the local authority not later than seven days after the final test is carried out.
(4) A local authority is authorised to accept, as evidence that the requirements of paragraph
(2)(a)(ii) have been satisfied, a certificate to that effect by a person who is registered by the British
Institute of Non-destructive Testing in respect of pressure testing for the air tightness of buildings.
(5) Where such a certificate contains the information required by paragraph (3)(a), paragraph
(2)(b) does not apply.
Commissioning
20C.—(1) This regulation applies to building work in relation to which paragraph L1(b) of
Schedule 1 imposes a requirement, but does not apply where the work consists only of work
described in Schedule 2B.
(2) Where this regulation applies the person carrying out the work shall, for the purpose of
ensuring compliance with paragraph L1(b) of Schedule 1, give to the local authority a notice
confirming that the fixed building services have been commissioned in accordance with a
procedure approved by the Secretary of State.
(3) The notice shall be given to the local authority—
(a) not later than the date on which the notice required by regulation 15(4) is required to be
given; or
(b) where that regulation does not apply, not more than 30 days after completion of the work.
CO2 emission rate calculations
20D.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), where regulation 17C applies the person carrying out the
work shall provide to the local authority a notice which specifies—
(a) the target CO2 emission rate for the building; and
(b) the calculated CO2 emission rate for the building as constructed.
(2) The notice shall be given to the local authority not later than the date on which the notice
required by regulation 20B is required to be given.
(3) A local authority is authorised to accept, as evidence that the requirements of regulation 17C
would be satisfied if the building was constructed in accordance with an accompanying list of
specifications, a certificate to that effect by a person who is registered by—
(a) FAERO Limited; or
(b) BRE Certification Limited,
in respect of the calculation of CO2 emission rates of buildings.
(4) Where such a certificate is given to the local authority—
(a) paragraph (1) does not apply; and
(b) the person carrying out the work shall provide to the local authority not later than the date
on which the notice required by regulation 20B is required to be given a notice which—
(i) states whether the building has been constructed in accordance with the list of
specifications which accompanied the certificate; and
(ii) if it has not, lists any changes to the specifications to which the building has been
constructed.
Unauthorised building work
21.—(1) This regulation applies where it appears to a local authority that unauthorised building
work has been carried out on or after 11th November 1985.
(2) In this regulation, “unauthorised building work” means building work other than work in
relation to which an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice has effect, which
is done without—
(a) a building notice being given to the local authority; or
(b) full plans of the work being deposited with the local authority; or
(c) a notice of commencement of work being given, in accordance with regulation 15(1) of
these Regulations, where a building notice has been given or full plans have been
deposited.
(3) Where this regulation applies, the owner (in this regulation referred to as “the applicant”)
may apply in writing to the local authority for a regularisation certificate in accordance with this
regulation, and shall send with his application—
(a) a statement that the application is made in accordance with this regulation,
(b) a description of the unauthorised work,
(c) so far as is reasonably practicable, a plan of the unauthorised work, and
(d) so far as is reasonably practicable, a plan showing any additional work required to be
carried out to secure that the unauthorised work complies with the requirements relating
to building work in the building regulations which were applicable to that work when it
was carried out (in this regulation referred to as “the relevant requirements”).
(4) Where a local authority receive an application in accordance with this regulation, they may
require the applicant to take such reasonable steps, including laying open the unauthorised work
for inspection by the authority, making tests and taking samples, as the authority think appropriate
to ascertain what work, if any, is required to secure that the relevant requirements are met.
(5) When the applicant has taken any such steps required by the local authority as are described
in paragraph (4), and having had regard to any direction given in accordance with sections 8 and 9
of, and Schedule 2 to, the Act dispensing with or relaxing a requirement in building regulations
which applies to the unauthorised work, the local authority shall notify the applicant—
(a) of the work which in their opinion is required to comply with the relevant requirements or
those requirements as dispensed with or relaxed, or
(b) that they cannot determine what work is required to comply with the relevant
requirements or those requirements as dispensed with or relaxed, or
(c) that no work is required to secure compliance with the relevant requirements or those
requirements as dispensed with or relaxed.
(6) Where the local authority have been able to satisfy themselves, after taking all reasonable
steps for that purpose that—
(a) the relevant requirements have been satisfied (taking account of any work carried out and
any dispensation or relaxation given in accordance with sections 8 and 9 of, and Schedule
2 to, the Act), or
(b) no work is required to secure that the unauthorised work satisfies the relevant
requirements (taking account of any such dispensation or relaxation),
they may give a certificate to that effect (in this regulation referred to as “a regularisation
certificate”).
(7) A regularisation certificate shall be evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that the relevant
requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.
(8) Where this regulation applies, regulations 12 and 14 shall not apply, and neither the supply
of plans nor the taking of any other action in accordance with this regulation is to be treated for
the purposes of section 16 of the Act as the deposit of plans in accordance with building
regulations.
Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
22. Regulations 16, 17, 20A, 20B, 20C and 20D are designated as provisions to which section
35 of the Act (penalty for contravening building regulations) does not apply.
Transitional provisions
23.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 shall continue to
apply in relation to any building work as if these Regulations had not been made where-
(a) before 1st January 2001 a building notice, an initial notice, an amendment notice or a
public body's notice has been given to, or full plans have been deposited with, a local
authority; and
(b) building work is carried out or is to be carried out in accordance with any such notice or
plans, whether with or without any departure from such plans.
(2) Where an initial notice given before 1st January 2001 is varied by an amendment notice
given on or after that date, the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 shall continue to apply as if
these Regulations had not been made, to so much of the building work as could have been carried
out under that initial notice if the amendment notice had not been given.
Revocations
24. The Regulations specified in Schedule 3 are hereby revoked.
SCHEDULE 1 Regulations 4 and 6
Requirements
Requirement Limits on application
PART A STRUCTURE
Loading
A1 (1) The building shall be constructed so that
the combined dead, imposed and wind loads are
sustained and transmitted by it to the ground—
(a) safely; and
(b) without causing such deflection or
deformation of any part of the
building, or such movement of the
ground, as will impair the stability of
any part of another building
(2) In assessing whether a building complies
with sub-paragraph (1) regard shall be had to
the imposed and wind loads to which it is likely
to be subjected in the ordinary course of its use
for the purpose for which it is intended.
Ground movement
A2 The building shall be constructed so that
ground movement caused by—
(a) swelling, shrinkage or freezing of the
subsoil; or
(b) land-slip or subsidence (other than
subsidence arising from shrinkage), in
so far as the risk can be reasonably
foreseen
will not impair the stability of any part of the
building.
Disproportionate collapse
A3 The building shall be constructed so that in
the event of an accident the building will not
suffer collapse to an extent disproportionate to
the cause.
PART B FIRE SAFETY
Means of warning and escape
B1 The building shall be designed and
constructed so that there are appropriate
provisions for the early warning of fire, and
appropriate means of escape in case of fire
from the building to a place of safety outside
the building capable of being safely and
effectively used at all material times.
Requirement B1 does not apply to any prison
provided under section 33 of the Prison Act
1952 (power to provide prisons etc).
Internal fire spread (linings)
B2 (1) To inhibit the spread of fire within the
building, the internal linings shall—
(a) adequately resist the spread of flame
over their surfaces; and
(b) have, if ignited, either a rate of heat
release or a rate of fire growth, which
is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) In this paragraph “internal linings” means
the materials or products used in lining any
partition, wall, ceiling or other internal
structure
Internal fire spread (structure)
B3 (1) The building shall be designed and
constructed so that, in the event of fire, its
stability will be maintained for a reasonable
period.
(2) A wall common to two or more buildings
shall be designed and constructed so that it
adequately resists the spread of fire between
those buildings. For the purposes of this subparagraph
a house in a terrace and a semidetached
house are each to be treated as a
separate building.
(3) To inhibit the spread of fire within the
building, it shall be sub-divided with fireresisting
construction to an extent appropriate
to the size and intended use of the building.
(4) The building shall be designed and
constructed so that the unseen spread of fire
and smoke within concealed spaces in its
structure and fabric is inhibited.
Requirement B3(3) does not apply to material
alterations to any prison provided under section
33 of the Prison Act 1952.
External Fire Spread
B4 (1) The external walls of the building shall
adequately resist the spread of fire over the
walls and from one building to another, having
regard to the height, use and position of the
building.
(2) The roof of the building shall adequately
resist the spread of fire over the roof and from
one building to another, having regard to the
use and position of the building.
Access and facilities for the fire service
B5 (1) The building shall be designed and
constructed so as to provide reasonable
facilities to assist fire fighters in the protection
of life.
(2) Reasonable provision shall be made within
the site of the building to enable fire appliances
to gain access to the building.
PART C SITE PREPARATION AND
RESISTANCE TO CONTAMINANTS AND
MOISTURE
Preparation of site and resistance to
contaminants
C1 (1) The ground to be covered by the
building shall be reasonably free from any
material that might damage the building or
affect its stability, including vegetable matter,
topsoil and pre-existing foundations.
(2) Reasonable precautions shall be taken to
avoid danger to health and safety caused by
contaminants on or in the ground covered, or to
be covered by the building and any land
associated with the building.
(3) Adequate sub-soil drainage shall be
provided, if it is needed to avoid—
(a) the passage of ground moisture to the
interior of the building;
(b) damage to the building, including
damage through the transport of waterborne
contaminants to the foundations
of the building.
(4) For the purposes of this requirement,
“contaminant” means any substance, which is
or may become harmful to persons or buildings
including substances, which are corrosive,
explosive, flammable, radioactive or toxic.
Resistance to moisture
C2 The walls, floors and roof of the building
shall adequately protect the building and people
who use the building from harmful effects
caused by—
(a) ground moisture;
(b) precipitation including wind-driven
spray;
(c) interstitial and surface condensation;
and
(d) spillage of water from or associated
with sanitary fittings or fixed
appliances.
PART D TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Cavity insulation
D1 If insulating material is inserted into a
cavity in a cavity wall reasonable precautions
shall be taken to prevent the subsequent
permeation of any toxic fumes from that
material into any part of the building occupied
by people.
PART E RESISTANCE TO THE PASSAGE
OF SOUND
Protection against sound from other parts of
the building and adjoining buildings
E1 Dwelling-houses, flats and rooms for
residential purposes shall be designed and
constructed in such a way that they provide
reasonable resistance to sound from other parts
of the same building and from adjoining
buildings.
Protection against sound within a dwellinghouse
etc
E2 Dwelling-houses, flats and rooms for
residential purposes shall be designed and
constructed in such a way that—
(a) internal walls between a bedroom or a
room containing a water closet, and
other rooms; and
(b) internal floors,
provide reasonable resistance to sound.
Requirement E2 does not apply to—
(a) an internal wall which contains a door;
(b) an internal wall which separates an en
suite toilet from the associated
bedroom;
(c) existing walls and floors in a building
which is subject to a material change
of use.
Reverberation in common internal parts of
buildings containing flats or rooms for
residential purposes
E3 The common internal parts of buildings
which contain flats or rooms for residential
purposes shall be designed and constructed in
such a way as to prevent more reverberation
around the common parts than is reasonable..
Requirement E3 only applies to corridors,
stairwells, hallways and entrance halls which
give access to the flat or room for residential
purposes
Acoustic conditions in schools
E4 (1) Each room or other space in a school
building shall be designed and constructed in
such a way that it has the acoustic conditions
and the insulation against disturbance by noise
appropriate to its intended use.
(2) For the purposes of this Part—
“school” has the same meaning as in
section 4 of the Education Act 1996; and
“school building” means any building
forming a school or part of a school.
PART F VENTILATION
Means of ventilation
F1 There shall be adequate means of ventilation
provided for people in the building.
Requirement F1 does not apply to a building or
space within a building—
(a) into which people do not normally go;
or
(b) which is used solely for storage; or
(c) which is a garage used solely in
connection with a single dwelling.
PART G HYGIENE
Sanitary conveniences and washing facilities
G1 (1) Adequate sanitary conveniences shall be
provided in rooms provided for that purpose, or
in bathrooms. Any such room or bathroom shall
be separated from places where food is
prepared.
(2) Adequate washbasins shall be provided in—
(a) rooms containing water closets; or
(b) rooms or spaces adjacent to rooms
containing water closets.
Any such room or space shall be separated
from places where food is prepared.
(3) There shall be a suitable installation for the
provision of hot and cold water to washbasins
provided in accordance with paragraph (2).
(4) Sanitary conveniences and washbasins to
which this paragraph applies shall be designed
and installed so as to allow effective cleaning.
Bathrooms
G2 A bathroom shall be provided containing
either a fixed bath or shower bath, and there
shall be a suitable installation for the provision
of hot and cold water to the bath or shower
bath.
Requirement G2 applies only to dwellings.
Hot water storage
G3 A hot water storage system that has a hot
water storage vessel which does not incorporate
a vent pipe to the atmosphere shall be installed
by a person competent to do so, and there shall
be precautions—
(a) to prevent the temperature of stored water at
any time exceeding 100°C; and
(b) to ensure that the hot water discharged from
safety devices is safely conveyed to where it is
visible but will not cause danger to persons in
or about the building.
Requirement G3 does not apply to—
(a) a hot water storage system that has a
storage vessel with a capacity of 15
litres or less;
(b) a system providing space heating only;
(c) a system which heats or stores water
for the purposes only of an industrial
process.
PART H DRAINAGE AND WASTE
DISPOSAL
Foul water drainage
H1 (1) An adequate system of drainage shall be
Requirement H1 does not apply to the diversion
provided to carry foul water from appliances
within the building to one of the following,
listed in order of priority—
(a) a public sewer; or, where that is not
reasonably practicable,
(b) a private sewer communicating with a
public sewer; or, where that is not
reasonably practicable,
(c) either a septic tank which has an
appropriate form of secondary
treatment or another wastewater
treatment system; or, where that is not
reasonably practicable,
(d) a cesspool.
(2) In this Part “foul water” means waste water
which comprises or includes—
(a) waste from a sanitary convenience,
bidet or appliance used for washing
receptacles for foul waste; or
(b) water which has been used for food
preparation, cooking or washing.
of water which has been used for personal
washing or for the washing of clothes, linen or
other articles to collection systems for reuse
Wastewater treatment systems and cesspools
H2 (1) Any septic tank and its form of
secondary treatment, other wastewater
treatment system or cesspool, shall be so sited
and constructed that—
(a) it is not prejudicial to the health of any
person;
(b) it will not contaminate any
watercourse, underground water or
water supply;
(c) there are adequate means of access for
emptying and maintenance; and
(d) where relevant, it will function to a
sufficient standard for the protection of
health in the event of a power failure.
(2) Any septic tank, holding tank which is part
of a wastewater treatment system or cesspool
shall be—
(a) of adequate capacity;
(b) so constructed that it is impermeable to
liquids; and
(c) adequately ventilated.
(3) Where a foul water drainage system from a
building discharges to a septic tank, wastewater
treatment system or cesspool, a durable notice
shall be affixed in a suitable place in the
building containing information on any
continuing maintenance required to avoid risks
to health.
Rainwater drainage
H3 (1) Adequate provision shall be made for
rainwater to be carried from the roof of the
building.
(2) Paved areas around the building shall be so
constructed as to be adequately drained.
(3) Rainwater from a system provided pursuant
to sub-paragraphs (1) or (2) shall discharge to
one of the following, listed in order of
priority—
(a) an adequate soakaway or some other
adequate infiltration system; or, where
that is not reasonably practicable,
(b) a watercourse; or, where that is not
reasonably practicable,
(c) a sewer.
Requirement H3(2) applies only to paved
areas—
(a) which provide access to the building
pursuant to requirement M1 (access
and use), or requirement M2 (access to
extensions to buildings other than
dwellings);
(b) which provide access to or from a
place of storage pursuant to
requirement H6(2) (solid waste
storage); or
(c) in any passage giving access to the
building, where this is intended to be
used in common by the occupiers of
one or more other buildings.
Requirement H3(3) does not apply to the
gathering of rainwater for reuse.
Building over sewers
H4 (1) The erection or extension of a building
or work involving the underpinning of a
building shall be carried out in a way that is not
detrimental to the building or building
extension or to the continued maintenance of
the drain, sewer or disposal main.
(2) In this paragraph “disposal main” means
any pipe, tunnel or conduit used for the
conveyance of effluent to or from a sewage
disposal works, which is not a public sewer.
(3) In this paragraph and paragraph H5 “map of
sewers” means any records kept by a sewerage
undertaker under section 199 of the Water
Industry Act 1991.
Requirement H4 applies only to work carried
out—
(a) over a drain, sewer or disposal main
which is shown on any map of sewers;
or
(b) on any site or in such a manner as may
result in interference with the use of,
or obstruction of the access of any
person to, any drain, sewer or disposal
main which is shown on any map of
sewers.
Separate systems of drainage
H5 Any system for discharging water to a
sewer which is provided pursuant to paragraph
H3 shall be separate from that provided for the
conveyance of foul water from the building.
Requirement H5 applies only to a system
provided in connection with the erection or
extension of a building where it is reasonably
practicable for the system to discharge directly
or indirectly to a sewer for the separate
conveyance of surface water which is—
(a) shown on a map of sewers; or
(b) under construction either by the
sewerage undertaker or by some other
person (where the sewer is the subject
of an agreement to make a declaration
of vesting pursuant to section 104 of
the Water Industry Act 1991).
Solid waste storage
H6 (1) Adequate provision shall be made for
storage of solid waste.
(2) Adequate means of access shall be
provided—
(a) for people in the building to the place
of storage; and
(b) from the place of storage to a
collection point (where one has been
specified by the waste collection
authority under section 46 (household
waste) or section 47 (commercial
waste) of the Environmental Protection
Act 1990) or to a street (where no
collection point has been specified).
PART J COMBUSTION APPLIANCES
AND FUEL STORAGE SYSTEMS
Air supply
J1 Combustion appliances shall be so installed
that there is an adequate supply of air to them
for combustion, to prevent over-heating and for
the efficient working of any flue.
Requirements J1, J2 and J3 apply only to fixed
combustion appliances (including incinerators)
Discharge of products of combustion
J2 Combustion appliances shall have adequate
provision for the discharge of products of
combustion to the outside air.
Protection of building
J3 Combustion appliances and flue-pipes shall
