The Building Regulations (Local Enactments) Order 1966

• Citation: S.I. 1966/563
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, interpretation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as The Building Regulations (Local Enactments, Order 1966.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on 27th June 1966.

Section 2 Repeal of provisions in Local Acts and Orders

(1) The enactments mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall be repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.

(2) The enactments mentioned in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall be repealed, so far as they relate to matters as to which the Minister of Public Building and Works has power to make building regulations, to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.

Section 3 Transitional Provisions

Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation of any provision of an enactment repealed by this Order in relation to—

(a) plans which, in accordance with any such provision, were deposited with a local authority before the 27th June 1966, and

(b) work carried out in accordance with plans so deposited with a local authority before that date, with or without any departures or deviations from those plans, and

(c) work carried out and completed before that date, and

(d) temporary or movable buildings which were erected in accordance with a conditional consent given by a local authority before that date.