Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Construction products Section 147: Liability relating to constructions products: general definitions Effect
This section sets out definitions that are relevant to the four subsequent sections, 148 to 151: Liability relating to construction products, Liability for past defaults relating to cladding products, Liability relating to construction products: limitation in England and Wales and Liability relating to construction products: limitation in Scotland.
	This section defines the construction product regulations that are relevant to sections 146 to 148. These are the Construction Products Regulations 1991 ("the 1991 Regulations"), Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 ("the 2011 Regulation"), the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ("the 2019 Regulations") and the regulations made under schedule 11 of this Act ("the construction products regulations").
	This section defines a "relevant building" as a building which consists of a dwelling, or a building which contains two or more dwellings.
	A "relevant interest" in relation to a building is defined for England and Wales, and separately for Scotland. In England and Wales, a "relevant interest" is a legal or equitable interest in a building, or any dwelling contained in the building. In Scotland, a "relevant interest" is any right or interest in or over the building where it contains a dwelling or the building contains one or more dwellings, the building, or any dwelling contained within the building.
	This section applies equally in England and Wales and Scotland. Section 169(7) provides a power for sections 147 to 149 to be extended, by regulations, to Northern Ireland.