The Building Regulations 2010

PART 1 General

1. 1. Citation and commencement

2. 2. Interpretation

3. 2A. Application

4. 2B. Disapplication of certain procedural requirements of the Building Regulations 2010 in relation to higher-risk building work

PART 2 Control of Building Work

1. 3. Meaning of building work

2. 4. Requirements relating to building work

3. 5. Meaning of material change of use

4. 6. Requirements relating to material change of use

5. 7. Materials and workmanship

6. 8. Limitation on requirements

7. 9. Exempt buildings and work

8. 10. Exemption of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime from procedural requirements

9. 11. Power to dispense with or relax requirements

PART 2A Dutyholders and competence

1. CHAPTER 1 Client

   1. 11A. Suitable arrangements to ensure compliance with requirements etc

   2. 11B. Arrangements as to information: higher-risk building work

   3. 11C. Domestic clients

2. CHAPTER 2

   1. Appointment of principal designer and principal contractor etc

      1. 11D. Principal designer and principal contractor

      2. 11E. Considerations before a person carries out work

3. CHAPTER 3

   1. Competence

      1. 11F. Competence: general requirement

      2. 11G. Competence: principal designer

      3. 11H. Competence: principal contractor

      4. 11I. Ceasing to be competent: notification

4. CHAPTER 4

   1. Duties of dutyholders

      1. 11J. General duty

      2. 11K. Additional duties of designers

      3. 11L. Additional duties of contractors

      4. 11M. Additional duties of a principal designer

      5. 11N. Additional duties of a principal contractor

      6. 11O. Notification of change of dutyholder

5. CHAPTER 5 General

   1. 11P. Minor work

   2. 11Q. Interpretation of this Part

PART 3 Notices, Plans and Certificates

1. 12. Giving of a building notice or an application for building control approval

2. 13. Particulars and plans where a building notice is given

3. 14. Applications for building control approval with full plans

4. 14A. Determination of applications for building control approval with full plans

5. 14B. Appeal against a local authority’s rejection of an application for building control approval

6. 14C. Appeal against the regulator’s rejection of an application for building control approval for work that is not higher-risk building work

7. 15. Consultation with sewerage undertaker

8. 15A. Consultation in relation to fire safety

9. 16. Notices in relation to building work

10. 17. Completion certificates

11. 17A. Certificate for building occupied before work is completed

12. 18. Unauthorised building work

13. 18A. Appeal against refusal to grant certain certificates

14. 18B. Appeal in relation to sections 20(5) or 39 of the Act

15. 18C. Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions

16. 18D. Application to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions

17. 18E. Appeals under section 101A of the Act

PART 4 Supervision of Building Work Otherwise than by Local Authorities

1. 19. Supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities

2. 19A. Regulator’s notices: description of work and connection

3. 19B. Regulator’s notices: content of notices

4. 19C. Regulator’s notices: grounds for rejection

5. 19D. Regulator’s notices: appeals

6. 19E. Regulator’s notices: direction

7. 19F. Regulator’s notices: local land charges

PART 5 Self-certification schemes and third party certification schemes

1. 20. Provisions applicable to self-certification schemes

2. 20A. Provisions applicable to third party certification schemes

PART 6 Energy Efficiency Requirements

1. 21. Application of energy efficiency requirements

2. 22. Requirements relating to a change to energy status

3. 23. Requirements for the renovation or replacement of thermal elements

4. 24. Methodology of calculation and expression of energy performance

5. 25. Minimum energy performance requirements for new buildings

6. 25A. Consideration of high-efficiency alternative systems for new buildings

7. 25B. Nearly zero-energy requirements for new buildings

8. 25C. New buildings: minimum energy performance requirements

9. 25D. Energy efficiency rating

10. 26. CO2 emission rates for new buildings

11. 26A. Fabric energy efficiency rates

12. 26B. Fabric performance values for new dwellings

13. 26C. Target primary energy rates for new buildings

14. 27. CO2 emission rate calculations

15. 27A. Fabric energy efficiency rate calculations

16. 27B. Fabric performance values calculations

17. 27C. Target primary energy rate calculations for new buildings

18. 28. Consequential improvements to energy performance

19. 29. Energy performance certificates

20. 29A. Recommendation reports

21. 30. Energy assessors

22. 31. Related party disclosures

23. 32. Duty of care

24. 33. Right to copy documents

25. 34. Application of building regulations to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers and Crown Buildings

26. 35. Interpretation of Part 6

PART 7 Water Efficiency

1. 36. Water efficiency of new dwellings

2. 37. Wholesome water consumption calculation

PART 7A Automatic fire suppression systems

1. 37A. Provision of automatic fire suppression systems

2. 37B. Requirements of automatic fire suppression systems

PART 8 Information to be Provided by the Person Carrying Out Work

1. 38. Fire safety information

2. 39. Information about ventilation

3. 40. Information about use of fuel and power

4. 40A. Information about systems for on-site generation of electricity

5. 40B. Information about overheating

PART 9 Testing and Commissioning

1. 41. Sound insulation testing

2. 42. Mechanical ventilation air flow rate testing

3. 43. Pressure testing

4. 44. Commissioning

5. 44ZA. Commissioning in respect of a system for on-site electricity generation

PART 9A Infrastructure for electronic communications

1. 44ZB. Exemptions from paragraphs RA1 and RA2 of Schedule 1

2. 44ZC. Cases in which paragraph RA2 of Schedule 1 modified or excluded

3. 44ZAA. Particulars of connection to public electronic communications network

4. 44ZB. Exemptions from paragraphs RA1 and RA2 of Schedule 1

5. 44ZC. Cases in which paragraph RA2 of Schedule 1 modified or excluded

6. 44A. Application of paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers and Crown buildings

7. 44B. Exemptions from paragraph R1 of Schedule 1

8. 44C. Interpretation of Part 9A and of Part R of Schedule 1

PART 9B Infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles

1. 44D. Application of paragraph S1 of Schedule 1 (the erection of new residential buildings)

2. 44E. Application of paragraph S2 of Schedule 1 (dwellings resulting from a material change of use)

3. 44F. Application of paragraph S3 of Schedule 1 (residential buildings undergoing major renovation)

4. 44G. Application of paragraph S4 of Schedule 1 (erection of new buildings which are not residential buildings or mixed-use buildings)

5. 44H. Application of paragraph S5 of Schedule 1 (buildings undergoing major renovation which are not residential buildings or mixed-use buildings)

6. 44I. Application of paragraph S6 of Schedule 1 (the erection of new mixed-use buildings and mixed-use buildings undergoing major renovation)

7. 44J. Minimum standards of an electric vehicle charge point

8. 44K. Interpretation of this Part and Part S of Schedule 1

PART 10 Miscellaneous

1. 45. Testing of building work

2. 46. Sampling of material

3. 46A. Lapse of building control approval: commencement of work

4. 47. Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence

5. 47A. Compliance notices: excluded provisions

6. 47B. Compliance notices: contents

7. 47C. Stop notices: contents

8. 47D. Compliance notices and stop notices: giving of notices and notification of others

9. 47E. Compliance and stop notices: withdrawal

10. 47F. Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to a compliance notice or stop notice

11. 47G. Application to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to extension of the specified period in a compliance notice

12. 47H. Application to the First-tier Tribunal for a direction in relation to a stop notice

13. 48. Electronic service of documents

14. 49. Transitional provisions: interpretation

15. 50. Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October

16. 51. Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required

17. 52. Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010

18. 53. Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations

19. 54. Revocations and consequential amendments

20. 55. Review of Part 9A and Part R of Schedule 1

21. 56. Review of Part 9B and Part S of Schedule 1