ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the main provisions of the Building Act 2003 and procedures laid down under it, as well as the various Statutory Instruments associated with it. The system has the concept of ‘conversion’ with those changes, which constitute conversion, being set out in Schedule 2 to the Building Regulations, and the regulations, which apply in relation to such conversions, being set out in Schedule 6 to the Building Regulations. The local authority can, under section 26 of the Act, serve a ‘continuing requirements enforcement notice’ requiring an owner to comply with continuing requirements imposed by the verifier under section 22 of the Act or by the Building Regulations under section 2 of the Act. The guidance is produced in two Technical Handbooks: one for domestic buildings and one for non-domestic buildings. Section 6 imposes an obligation on local authorities, if requested by the owner of a building, to carry out a Building Standards assessment of that building.
