Part 1 Amendments of the Building Act 1984
Building Safety Act 2022 (2022 c 30) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 5 Minor and Consequential Amendments in Connection with Part 3

Section 55

Part 1 Amendments of the Building Act 1984

1

The Building Act 1984 is amended as follows.

2

(1)     Section 1 is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”.

(3)     In subsection (4) for the words from “subject to” to the end substitute “—

(a)     in the case of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

(b)     in the case of a statutory instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.”

3

In section 1A(1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”.

4

(1)     Section 2 is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”.

(3)     In subsections (3) and (4) for “local authority” substitute “building control authority”.

5

(1)     Section 3 is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate national authority”.

(3)     After that subsection insert—

“(2A)     The regulator

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