UK Statutory Instrument 2010 United Kingdom

Building Regulations 2010

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What's here

59 compliance obligations, 33 practical guides across 2 topics · 12 journeys

Penalty landscape

6 of 59 obligations carry imprisonment (6 months). 8 carry different penalties and 45 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

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

  • Any Person 14
  • Client 12
  • Trader 12
  • Director or Officer 5
  • Contractor 5
  • Designer 1

Plus 10 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

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Relevant guidance

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Direct — cites this Act

19 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

4 guides

Mentioned in related content

10 guides
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Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Clients also bound by 65 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Traders also bound by 826 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Directors and Officers also bound by 425 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Contractors also bound by 178 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Designers also bound by 11 other Acts (top 5 shown)

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 1 — General

Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.application

Application

s.disapplication of certain procedural requirements

Disapplication of certain procedural requirements of the Building Regulations 2010 in relation to higher-risk building work

Part 2 — Control of Building Work

Browse 9 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 2A — Dutyholders and competence

s.011

Suitable arrangements to ensure compliance with requirements etc

  • Set up and maintain management arrangements for building projects Client
s.011

Arrangements as to information: higher-risk building work

  • Inform designers and contractors about higher-risk building work Client
s.011

Competence: general requirement

  • Ensure competence for building and design work Trader
s.011

Competence: principal designer

  • Ensure the Principal Designer is competent and properly managed Director or Officer
s.011

Competence: principal contractor

6 months imprisonment
  • Ensure competence of the principal contractor and their manager Director or Officer
s.011

Ceasing to be competent: notification

  • Notify the client or supervisor if you are no longer competent Any Person
s.011

General duty

12 months imprisonment
  • Plan, manage, monitor and cooperate on building and design work Trader
s.011

Additional duties of designers

  • Ensure designs comply with building regulations and share safety information Designer
s.011

Additional duties of contractors

Unlimited fine
  • Contractor building safety and coordination duties Contractor
s.011

Additional duties of a principal designer

3 years imprisonment
  • Principal designer must manage and coordinate building design safety Director or Officer
s.011

Additional duties of a principal contractor

  • Principal contractor: manage and coordinate building work compliance Director or Officer
s.considerations before a person carries out work

Considerations before a person carries out work

  • Check competence before appointing someone for building or design work Trader
s.domestic clients

Domestic clients

  • Domestic clients: your contractor or principal designer handles building safety duties Director or Officer
s.notification of change of dutyholder

Notification of change of dutyholder

  • Notify the building control authority of dutyholder changes within 14 days Client
s.principal designer and principal contractor

Principal designer and principal contractor

  • Appoint a principal designer and principal contractor in writing Client
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.interpretation of this part

Interpretation of this Part

s.minor work

Minor work

Part 3 — Notices, Plans and Certificates

s.017

Certificate for building occupied before work is completed

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Relevant authority must issue a partial completion certificate upon request Statutory regulator
s.017

Completion certificates

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Relevant authority must issue completion certificates within eight weeks Statutory regulator
Browse 11 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.018

Application to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions

s.appeal against a local authority’s rejection of an

Appeal against a local authority’s rejection of an application for building control approval

s.appeal against refusal to grant certain certificat

Appeal against refusal to grant certain certificates

s.appeal against the regulator’s rejection of an app

Appeal against the regulator’s rejection of an application for building control approval for work that is not higher-risk building work

s.appeal in relation to sections 20(5) or 39 of the

Appeal in relation to sections 20(5) or 39 of the Act

s.appeals under section 101a of the act

Appeals under section 101A of the Act

s.appeal to the first-tier tribunal in relation to c

Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions

s.consultation in relation to fire safety

Consultation in relation to fire safety

s.determination of applications for building control

Determination of applications for building control approval with full plans

Part 4 — Supervision of Building Work Otherwise than by Local Authorities

s.019

Regulator’s notices: content of notices

  • Ensure Regulator's notices contain required project and site information Client
s.019

Regulator’s notices: direction

Unlimited fine
  • Follow regulator directions for submitting building control documents Client
Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.regulator’s notices: appeals

Regulator’s notices: appeals

s.regulator’s notices: description of work and conne

Regulator’s notices: description of work and connection

s.regulator’s notices: grounds for rejection

Regulator’s notices: grounds for rejection

s.regulator’s notices: local land charges

Regulator’s notices: local land charges

Part 5 — Self-certification schemes and third party certification schemes

s.020

Provisions applicable to third party certification schemes

  • Notify third party certifier upon completion of building work Trader

Part 6 — Energy Efficiency Requirements

s.025

Consideration of high-efficiency alternative systems for new buildings

Unlimited fine
  • Assess high-efficiency energy systems before starting new building work Any Person
s.025

Nearly zero-energy requirements for new buildings

6 months imprisonment
  • Ensure new buildings meet nearly zero-energy standards Trader
s.025

New buildings: minimum energy performance requirements

6 months imprisonment
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers must approve energy performance targets for new buildings Crown / Minister / Government department
s.025

Energy efficiency rating

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers must approve energy efficiency rating methodologies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.026

Fabric energy efficiency rates

Unlimited fine
  • Ensure new dwellings meet target fabric energy efficiency rates Client
s.026

Fabric performance values for new dwellings

6 months imprisonment
  • Ensure new dwellings meet energy efficiency fabric performance values Client
s.026

Target primary energy rates for new buildings

  • Ensure new buildings do not exceed energy use targets Trader
s.027

Fabric energy efficiency rate calculations

  • Submit fabric energy efficiency calculations for new dwellings Any Person
s.027

Fabric performance values calculations

  • Submit fabric performance calculations for new dwellings Any Person
s.027

Target primary energy rate calculations for new buildings

  • Submit energy rate calculations for new buildings Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.recommendation reports

Recommendation reports

Part 7 — Water Efficiency

Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 7A — Automatic fire suppression systems

Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.provision of automatic fire suppression systems

Provision of automatic fire suppression systems

s.requirements of automatic fire suppression systems

Requirements of automatic fire suppression systems

Part 8 — Information to be Provided by the Person Carrying Out Work

s.040

Information about systems for on-site generation of electricity

6 months imprisonment
  • Provide operation and maintenance info for on-site electricity systems Any Person
s.040

Information about overheating

  • Provide overheating protection information to building owners Any Person
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 9 — Testing and Commissioning

Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.commissioning in respect of a system for on-site e

Commissioning in respect of a system for on-site electricity generation

Part 9A — Infrastructure for electronic communications

s.044

Application of paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers and Crown buildings

  • Provide high‑speed communications infrastructure in specified buildings Contractor
s.particulars of connection to public electronic com

Particulars of connection to public electronic communications network

  • Notify local authority of electronic network connections for new dwellings Any Person
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.044

Exemptions from paragraphs RA1 and RA2 of Schedule 1

s.044

Cases in which paragraph RA2 of Schedule 1 modified or excluded

s.cases in which paragraph ra2 of schedule 1 modifie

Cases in which paragraph RA2 of Schedule 1 modified or excluded

s.exemptions from paragraph r1 of schedule 1

Exemptions from paragraph R1 of Schedule 1

s.exemptions from paragraphs ra1 and ra2 of schedule

Exemptions from paragraphs RA1 and RA2 of Schedule 1

s.interpretation of part 9a and of part r of schedul

Interpretation of Part 9A and of Part R of Schedule 1

Part 9B — Infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles

s.044

Application of paragraph S1 of Schedule 1 (the erection of new residential buildings)

  • Install EV charge points and cable routes in new residential parking Client
s.044

Application of paragraph S2 of Schedule 1 (dwellings resulting from a material change of use)

6 months imprisonment
  • Provide EV charge‑point capacity and cable routes for new dwellings Client
s.044

Application of paragraph S4 of Schedule 1 (erection of new buildings which are not residential buildings or mixed-use buildings)

  • Provide EV charging cable routes for parking spaces in new non‑residential buildings Contractor
s.044

Application of paragraph S6 of Schedule 1 (the erection of new mixed-use buildings and mixed-use buildings undergoing major renovation)

  • Install EV charging cable routes in mixed‑use buildings with parking Contractor
Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.application of paragraph s3 of schedule 1 (residen

Application of paragraph S3 of Schedule 1 (residential buildings undergoing major renovation)

s.application of paragraph s5 of schedule 1 (buildin

Application of paragraph S5 of Schedule 1 (buildings undergoing major renovation which are not residential buildings or mixed-use buildings)

s.interpretation of this part and part s of schedule

Interpretation of this Part and Part S of Schedule 1

s.minimum standards of an electric vehicle charge po

Minimum standards of an electric vehicle charge point

Part 10 — Miscellaneous

s.047

Compliance notices: contents

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Building control authorities must include specific details in compliance notices Local authority
Browse 18 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.appeal to the first-tier tribunal in relation to a

Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to a compliance notice or stop notice

s.application to the first-tier tribunal for a direc

Application to the First-tier Tribunal for a direction in relation to a stop notice

s.application to the first-tier tribunal in relation

Application to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to extension of the specified period in a compliance notice

s.compliance and stop notices: withdrawal

Compliance and stop notices: withdrawal

s.compliance notices and stop notices: giving of not

Compliance notices and stop notices: giving of notices and notification of others

s.compliance notices: excluded provisions

Compliance notices: excluded provisions

s.lapse of building control approval: commencement o

Lapse of building control approval: commencement of work

s.stop notices: contents

Stop notices: contents

Schedules

Browse 45 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
s.sch002

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

s.sch003a

Third Party Certification Schemes and Exemptions from Requirement to Give Building Notice or an application for building control approval with full plans

s.sch004

Work consisting of— (a) replacing any fixed electrical equipment which...

s.sch004

Work which— (a) is not in a kitchen, or a...

s.sch004

Work on— (a) telephone wiring or extra-low voltage wiring for...

s.sch004

Installation of thermal insulation to suspended timber floors where the...

s.sch004

For the purposes of this Schedule— “ kitchen ” means...

s.sch004a

Green deal information

s.sch004a

The information about a green deal plan to be included...

s.sch004a

The unique reference number assigned to the green deal plan....

s.sch004a

The name of the person (“G”) who is the green...

s.sch004a

G’s electronic mail address and telephone number.

s.sch004a

The date on which the payment period starts and the...

s.sch004a

The amount payable under the green deal plan—

s.sch004a

The rate of interest charged under the green deal plan....

s.sch004a

A statement indicating whether the interest rate charged under the...

s.sch004a

Where, in accordance with regulation 33(b) of the Green Deal...

s.sch004a

The estimated first year savings.

s.sch004a

Where the green deal property is a domestic property, a...

s.sch004a

The date on which the energy performance certificate ceases to...

s.sch004a

Where the green deal property is a non-domestic property, a...

s.sch004a

In respect of each improvement installed at the green deal...

s.sch004a

A statement advising the person receiving the energy performance certificate—...

s.sch004a

A statement indicating that— (a) the improvements installed under the...

s.sch004a

A statement indicating that further information is contained in the...

s.sch004a

Where G knows or has reasonable cause to believe that...

s.sch004a

Where G knows or has reasonable cause to believe that...

s.sch004a

A statement indicating that a new energy performance certificate should...

s.sch004a

A statement— (a) indicating that improvements have been installed at...

s.sch004a

A statement indicating— (a) that a green deal plan is...

s.sch004a

Where the green deal plan is a regulated consumer credit...

s.sch004a

Where the green deal plan is not a regulated consumer...

s.sch004a

A statement indicating that— (a) the outstanding credit under the...

s.sch004a

Where a term has been included in a green deal...

s.sch006

In the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 —

s.sch006

In the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England...

s.schedule/2/part/4/paragraph/wrapper1n2

Temporary buildings

s.schedule/2/part/7/paragraph/wrapper2n2

Extensions

s.schedule/2/part/7/paragraph/wrapper3n2

where the floor area of that extension does not exceed...

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