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Welsh Statutory Instruments
Building And Buildings, Wales
Made
at 3.40 p.m. on 5 July 2022
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 170(4)(b)(vi) of the Building Safety Act 2022( 1).
1. The title of these Regulations is the Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Regulations 2022.
2. Section 48 (insurance: removal of requirements) of the Building Safety Act 2022 comes into force on 28 July 2022.
Julie James
Minister for Climate Change, one of the Welsh Ministers
At 3.40 p.m. on 5 July 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are the first commencement regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under the Building Safety Act 2022 (“ the Act”). They bring into force section 48 of the Act in relation to Wales.
Section 48 of the Act makes amendments to sections 47 (giving and acceptance of initial notice), 51A(2) (variation of work to which initial notice relates) and 56 (recording and furnishing of information) of the Building Act 1984. The effect of these amendments is to remove insurance requirements for approved inspectors.
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by Commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
---|---|---|
Section 132 (for the purposes of making regulations) | 28 May 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 2(2) and Schedule 1 | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 3 (applies in England only) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Sections 17 and 18 (applies in England only) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 31 (so far as it relates to sections 120D to 120H of the Building Act 1984, higher-risk buildings: England) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 41 (in relation to England only) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 55 (partially and in relation to England only) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 57 (in relation to England only) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Sections 130 and 131 | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 132 (for all remaining purposes) | 28 June 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 48 (in relation to England only) | 28 July 2022 | 2022/561 |
Section 160 (applies in England only) | 1 October 2022 | 2022/561 |