Building Safety regulations index
This article provides an index of key articles relating to building safety regulations. For more detail about the background to the Building Safety regulations, their updates and short summaries, see our main UK building control regime under the new Building Safety Act regulations article.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) published six Regulations under the Building Safety Act 2022 on August 17, 2023. These covered the new building control regime for specific buildings of higher risk. From October 2023, the Building Safety Regulator is the building control authority for higher-risk buildings. Principal designers, principal contractors, and clients have to follow the new building control regime when designing and constructing higher-risk buildings, or undertaking building work to an existing higher-risk building.
The first three of the new regulations relate more directly to responsibilities at the design and construction stages of new and existing projects. All six documents are listed below with direct links.
- The Building Regulations (Higher-Risk Building Procedures) (England) 2023
- The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Building (Approved Inspectors etc. And Review of Decisions) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments etc) Regulations 2023
- The Building Safety (Regulator's Charges) Regulations 2023
Key articles about Building Safety regulations on this site include:
- 2022 changes to fire safety guidance and building regulations.
- Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system.
- Building a Safer Future, Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report.
- Building safety
- Building Safety Charter.
- Building safety in Wales.
- Building Safety Manager.
- Building Safety Regulator
- Competent person.
- EWS1 forms not required for buildings without cladding.
- Fire safety design.
- Fire Safety Order.
- Fire (Scotland) Act 2005.
- Hackitt review of the building regulations and fire safety, final report
- Independent review of the building regulations and fire safety
- Insurance for building design and construction
- New Regulations published under Building Safety Act
- Prioritising Safety: A Comprehensive Guide to UK Building Regulations for England and Wales
- Reform of building safety standards.
- UK building control regime under the new Building Safety Act regulations
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