The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/671
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 6th April 2008.

Section 2 Amendment of the Building Regulations 2000

(1) The Building Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 12(5)(a) (giving of a building notice or deposit of plans) omit “, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Schedule have effect for the purposes of the descriptions in the Table”.

(3) After regulation 22 (contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence) insert—

Time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain regulations

(22A) The following regulations are designated as provisions to which section 35A of the Act (time limit for prosecution for contravention of certain building regulations) applies—

(a) regulations 4 and 6 , to the extent that Part L of Schedule 1 (conservation of fuel and power) imposes a requirement; and

(b) regulations 4A, 4B, 17C and 17D .

(4) In column 2 of paragraph 10 of the Table in Schedule 2A (self-certification schemes) for “BRE Certification Limited” substitute “ EC Certification Limited ”.