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Legislation & Compliance

Welcome to BSRIA's Legislation and Compliance Database

Covering acts, regulations, and compliance information in the United Kingdom, this legislation and compliance resource will enable you to search selected records relating to building services (please note that the risk of applying information given is assumed by the user).

Highlights include:  

• Each selected Act or Regulation highlight the building services aspects of that legislation

• Information includes commencement dates, brief descriptions, authorities for enforcement
   
• Additional compliance guidance from a facilities management perspective
   
• Full text links

This resource is free to BSRIA members, and as an annual subscription to non-members. For more information email information@bsria.co.uk.

Legislation News 

• Construction Statistics Annual Publication - A public consultation on the future of the publication has been announced.  It is proposed that the annual will cease to exist in its current format. This consultation will seek views from users on proposed improvements.
  Opening date: 21 December 2011
  Closing date: 23 March 2012 

• Building Regulations for Wales
  From 01 January 2012, any revisions to Building Regulations and related procedures, processes and guidance proposed or issued by DCLG apply to England only. On 31 December 2011 remaining functions under the Building Act 1984 passed from the UK Government to the Welsh Ministers The members of BRACW took up their posts on the 31 December 2011. Welsh ministers aim to reduce carbon emissions by 55% improvement on 2006 requirements for new homes by April 2013. In order to do so, ministers are undertaking a review of Schedule 1 Part L to the Building Regulations 2010 which relates to the conservation of fuel and power and will seek advice from the Committee.
   
• 2012 consultation on changes to the Building Regulations in England: Section two - Part L (Conservation of fuel and power)
  Published: 31 January 2012
  Closing date: 27 March 2012 
  This consultation paper sets out the detailed proposals on Parts L, and is Section two of four, relating to the 2012 Building Regulations consultation exercise.
   
• The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) - BRE has, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, launched a public consultation on the latest proposed changes to SAP - the Standard Assessment Procedure for the energy rating of dwellings. A principal purpose for the new SAP 2012 will be to underpin the 2013 update of Part L of the Building Regulations and equivalent legislation in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.   
   
  The consultation also proposes amendments to CO2 emission factors to include the global warming impact of CH4 and N2O emissions as well as CO2. To see the proposed changes and have your say on them, go to www.bre.co.uk/sap2012. The consultation is open until 28 March 2012. 
   
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulation Bill 2010-12 - A Bill to reduce the duties on employers to report matters under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
  
  Latest update: 2nd reading: House of Commons | 03.02.2012  

• Building Regulations (Review) Bill -  Find out more about the Bill and keep up to date on its progress.
  
  Latest update: Provisional 2nd reading announced for the 27th April 2012. 
   
• Feed-in Tarriffs (FITs) Scheme - On the 19th January 2012 the Government published a consultation on Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) for solar photovoltaics (PV). 
  
  Find out more or read what Chris Huhne had to say about the Court of Appeal decision. 

           Latest Update: Application to the Supreme Court

Previous news and updates  

Legislation Resources

Please find here some additional resources and guidance information to help you get the best use out of the Legislation Database and to further improve your understanding of legislation:

• Search Tips - Find out how to best search the Database and try our topic searches to get you started.
   
• Glossary and Guidance - Providing you with information on the UK legislation process and explaining the key terminology that you are likely to come across.
   
• Facilities Management Guidance - Checklists and Fact Sheets are provided to help facility managers keep up to date with current legislation. 
   
• European Union (EU) Information - Information on what is happening with building services legislation in the EU. 

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0.