New approved document M (access to and use of buildings) 5 November 2003. Incorporating Correction dated March 2004

Circular 11/2003

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2003
New approved document M (access to and use of buildings) 5 November 2003. Incorporating Correction dated March 2004 Download document

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Circular

Abstract

Aims to draw attention to the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2692 and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2000. Also announces the approval and publication of a new Approved Document M.

History

Originally published by: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). Correction issued March 2004 to flow charts relating to the transitional provisions.

Subjects

  • Building control, England and Wales
  • Building control
  • Provision for disabled people
  • Legal issues and management
  • Special subject areas

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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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