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Issued: 22 August 2023   This ebulletin is a Building Control secondary legislation special edition.   Please share this ebulletin with others who may find the information useful, they can subscribe at this link.   Find out more about the building safety reforms.

Building Control – secondary legislation & new guidance update

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published a suite of secondary legislation which applies to the new building control framework.

The following regulations will come into force on 1 October 2023:

• The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023
  
  
• The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023
  
  
• The Building (Approved Inspectors etc. and Review of Decisions) (England) Regulations 2023

To help navigate the legislation and support the new building control approval process for higher-risk buildings we have developed some new guidance which can be found here. 

The government has also published the following consultation response on changes to the building control profession and building control process for approved inspectors:

• Consultation outcome on changes to the building control profession and the building control process for approved inspectors

Other consultation responses relating to the safety regime for occupied high-rise residential buildings can be found here:

• Consultation outcomes on the new safety regime for occupied higher risk buildings
  
  
• Government response to building certification, safety case approach, mandatory occurrence reporting, residents’ voice, the golden thread, appeals, enforcement, and key building information