32 Building control authorities
Building Safety Act 2022 (2022 c 30) | Legislation

32  Building control authorities

(1)     The Building Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 91—

(a)     in subsection (1) before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)     subsection (3) of this section and regulations under section 91ZD,”;

(b)     in subsection (2) for the words from “sections” to the end substitute “—

(a)     subsection (3) of this section,

(b)     sections 5(3), 48(1) and 53(2), and

(c)     regulations under section 91ZD.”;

(c)     after that subsection insert—

“(3)     In cases where section 91ZA or 91ZB provides that the regulator is the building control authority, it is the duty of the regulator (and not the local authority in question)—

(a)     to carry Part 1 of this Act into execution, and

(b)     to enforce building regulations.”;

(d)     in the heading at the end insert “and the regulator”.

(3)     After that section insert—

“91ZA The regulator: building control authority for higher-risk buildings in England

(1)     The regulator is the building control authority in relation to any higher-risk building in England or any proposed such building.

(2)     This includes the regulator being the building control authority as regards—

(a)     any work relating to a building in England that is not a higher-risk

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