Building Regulations consolidated

References in the Approved Documents (ADs) and the associated Compliance Guides to Building Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2531) are now out of date because the Regulations have been consolidated into a new instrument: Building Regulations 2010.

Similarly, the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2532) have been consolidated into the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2010 (2010/2215), again affecting references.

As well as a wider explanation of the changes, the Explanatory Memorandum published with these new instruments advises that the Regulations have been renumbered. It contains tables showing how the old numbering corresponds to the new numbering. Abbreviated versions of these tables have also now been included in the online versions of the ADs. These tables are included as an amendments sheet and can be downloaded from RIBA Bookshops.

More detail

The following is an extract from the Explanatory Memorandum for the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) and the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2215):

These are two separate but related consolidations. All the amending instruments made since each of the 2000 Regulations came into effect (listed in Schedule 5 to the Building Regulations 2010 and Schedule 8 to the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010) are incorporated into the instruments.

• Both sets of Regulations have been re-ordered and re-numbered. Tables of destinations showing how the old numbering corresponds to the new numbering for each set of Regulations can be found at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/pdfs/uksiem_20102214_en.pdf
• The Regulations also contain provision securing that transitional and saving provisions from the revoked Regulations continue to have effect
• Minor substantive changes have also been made in the Building Regulations 2010, in particular to simplify the definition of 'rooms for residential purposes' and the removal of specific notification requirements for cavity wall insulation. In Schedule 3, revisions have been made to the types of work that may be self-certified as complying with the regulations and to the list of bodies (or schemes) which are authorised to register persons for the purpose of such self-certification.

Related information:

• Subscribe to NBS Building Regulations, for the full set of up-to-date Approved Documents, all in an easy to use online format
• To order your printed copies of the 2010 Approved Documents, contact RIBA Bookshops

October 2010

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