Statutory Instruments
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
Made
5th August 1987
Laid before Parliament
20th August 1987
Coming into force
14th December 1987
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 3(1) and 8(2) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 7, 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned in accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Disabled People) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 14th December 1987.
2. The Building Regulations 1985(2) are amended as follows-
(1) in regulation 2(3), after "paragraph A3", insert "and Part M",
(2) in regulation 2(4)(a) and (6)(a), omit "or 2",
(3) in regulation 3(2)(a), after "(external fire spread)", insert "or Part M (Disabled People)",
(4) in regulation 4(1)(a), for "Schedules 1 and 2" substitute "Schedule 1",
(5) after Part L of Schedule 1 insert the Schedule to these Regulations as Part M,
(6) omit Schedule 2.
3. These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building Regulations 1985 as respects-
(1) building notices given or full plans deposited (under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985) before 14th December 1987, or
(2) initial notices or public body's notices given (under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984) before 14th December 1987, or
(3) work carried out in accordance with such notices or plans with or without any departure or deviation therefrom, or
(4) work completed before 14th December 1987.
Regulation 2(5)
Nicholas Ridley
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
5th August 1987
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Building Regulations 1985 with respect to the access and facilities to be provided for disabled people. There are three changes of substance-
(1) Schedule 2 to the 1985 Regulations is replaced by a new Part M in Schedule 1 to those Regulations. Part M extends the provisions formerly in Schedule 2 to those Regulations to apply to three new categories of premises; namely, multi-storey factories, schools and educational establishments, and multi-storey premises to which the public are admitted, but only in respect of the storey of those premises which contains the principal entrance.
An Approved Document will be issued under sections 6 and 7 of the Building Act 1984 (obtainable from HMSO) giving practical guidance as to the ways in which the requirements of the new Part M may be met.
(2) Regulation 2(3) of these Regulations extends the meaning of a material alteration for the purposes of the 1985 Regulations so that when a building is altered or extended, access and facilities for disabled people are not adversely affected (within the meaning of regulations 2(4), (5) and (6) of the 1985 Regulations).
(3) The new Part M of Schedule 1 to these Regulations clarifies the position in relation to buildings which have mixed uses by providing that the requirements of access and facilities for the disabled are to apply to any "relevant premises" within that building.
Transitional provisions are contained in regulation 3.
S.I. 1985/1065, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.