Building Act 1984. The Building (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002 and The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2002. Amendment of approved document giving guidance on Part B (fire safety). New approved document giving guidance on Part E (resistance to the passage of sound) and on sound insulation testing

Circular 03/2002

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2002
Building Act 1984. The Building (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2002 and The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2002. Amendment of approved document giving guidance on Part B (fire safety). New approved document giving guidance on Part E (resistance to the passage of sound) and on sound insulation testing Download document

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Core Supplement

Series

Circular

Abstract

Draws attention to the amendment regulations and explains the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2000 and to the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000. Also explains the coming into force and transitional provisions, announces the approval and publication of new Approved Document E and a document containing amendments to Approved Document B, and draws attention to action for building control bodies in relation to selection of buildings for sound insulation testing.

History

Originally published by: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). Document title continues: The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment Regulations) 2002. New parts B and E in schedule 1 to the building regulations. New requirements on sound insulation testing in the Building Regulations 2000 and the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000. Related amendments to the Building Regulations 2000 and the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000.

ISBN

9780117536456

Subjects

  • Legal issues and management
  • Building control
  • Building control, England and Wales

Publisher History

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.

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