Schedule 5: Minor and consequential amendments in connection with Part 3 Paragraphs 5(4), 14(7), 22(7) and 44(2)
These paragraphs amend the penalties in section 3(3) of the Building Act 1984, which sets out the offence of contravening a direction by the Secretary of State in respect of exemptions from all or part of the building regulations: section 11(6) (breach of a direction by the Secretary of State dispensing with or relaxing a particular requirement of building regulations); section 20(7) (contravention of a condition imposed by a building control authority with respect to the use of a building or the proposed work on that building) and section 52(4) (failure to give a notice required under s52(3)).
	These paragraphs remove references to level 5 on the standard scale, as this has been abolished by section 85 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and replaced with an unlimited fine. Paragraphs 5(4), 14(7) and 22(7) also increase the maximum daily fine for ongoing non-compliance from £50 to level 1 on the standard scale (currently £200), reflecting inflation since 1984.