Legal background Higher-risk buildings in design and construction
The new measures in the design and construction phase of a higher-risk building’s life cycle are based on strengthening the existing regime for regulating building work under the Building Act 1984, and the three sets of building regulations made primarily under the section 1 power to make building regulations. These are: the Building Regulations 2010; the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2010; and the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010.
	The dutyholders regime in design and construction builds on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, which are health and safety regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.