Schedule 5: Minor and consequential amendments in connection with Part 3 Paragraphs 11(4), 12(3)- (5), 13(4), and 18 Background
Section 8 of the Building Act 1984 currently enables the Secretary of State, on application by the person undertaking the work, to issue dispensations or relaxations of building regulations’ requirements. It also allows building regulations to enable local authorities to exercise this power (which has been done through Regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 2010).