UK Statutory Instrument 1991 United Kingdom

The Building Regulations 1991

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At a glance

Enforced by

HSE

What's here

7 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

Trader 5
Client 1

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Traders also bound by 826 other Acts (top 5 shown)

Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 1995 413 duties
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The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 2008 114 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 62 duties
Building Societies Act 1986 1986 56 duties

Clients also bound by 65 other Acts (top 5 shown)

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 2015 32 duties
The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 2025 19 duties
Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 2023 17 duties
Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 2012 14 duties
Building Regulations 2010 2010 12 duties

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part I — General

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s.001

Citation and commencement

s.002

Interpretation

Part II — CONTROL OF BUILDING WORK

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s.003

Meaning of building work

s.004

Requirements relating to building work

s.005

Meaning of material change of use

s.006

Requirements relating to material change of use

s.007

Materials and workmanship

s.008

Limitation on requirements

s.009

Exempt buildings and work

Part III — RELAXATION OF REQUIREMENTS

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s.010

Power to dispense with or relax requirements

Part IV — NOTICES AND PLANS

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s.011

Giving of a building notice or deposit of plans

s.012

Particulars and plans where a building notice is given

s.013

Full plans

s.014

Notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work

s.015

Completion certificates

Part V — MISCELLANEOUS

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s.016

Testing of drains and private sewers

s.017

Sampling of material

s.018

Supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities

s.019

Revocations

s.020

Transitional provisions

s.021

Contravention of certain regu1ations not to be an offence

Schedules

Browse 7 other Schedules — structural / supplementary

s.sch001

REQUIREMENTS

s.sch002

EXEMPT BUILDINGS AND WORK

s.sch002

In paragraph 2, “agriculture” includes horticulture, fruit growing, the growing...

s.sch003

REVOCATION OF REGULATIONS

s.schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/1

Buildings not frequented by people

s.schedule/2/part/4/paragraph/1

Temporary buildings

s.schedule/2/part/7/paragraph/1

Extensions

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.