- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 3 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person2
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Part 2
PLANNING
0 of 5 sections shown5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.paragraph/p1
Arts. 3—20 rep. by 1991 NI 11
s.paragraph/p3
Arts. 22—26 rep. by 1991 NI 11
s.paragraph/p4
Art. 27 rep. by 1993 NI 15
s.paragraph/p5
Art. 28 rep. by 1991 NI 11
s.paragraph/p7
Art. 30 rep. by 1991 NI 11
Part 3
BUILDING REGULATIONS
0 of 1 section shown1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.paragraph/p14
Article 38—Amendments and repeals
s.031
Notification by district council of passing or rejection of plans
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- District council must notify you if building plans are passed or rejectedLocal authority
s.035
Appeal against contravention notice
Regulated
- Appeal a building regulations contravention noticeAny Person
s.037
Penalties for offences under principal Order
Prosecution
- Breach building regulations or ignore a contravention noticeAny Person
Unlimited fine
8 other provisions
s.001
Title and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.021
Compensation in respect of orders under Article 29A or 37G(3) of the Planning Order
s.029
Application of certain planning enactments to Crown land
s.032
Relaxation of building regulations for existing works
s.033
Contravention notices in respect of work contravening building regulations
s.034
Obtaining of report where contravention notice served
s.036
Appeals to Department: procedure and fees
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.