SI 2024/40. The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2024.  Comes into force 16th January.

(a)section 79 (occupied building: duty to apply for building assessment certificate); (b)section 80 (applications for building assessment certificates); (c)section 81 (building assessment certificates); (d)section 82 (duty to display building assessment certificate etc); (e)section 83 (assessment of building safety risks); (f)section 84 (management of building safety risks); (g)section 85 (safety case report); (h)section 86 (notification and provision of report to the regulator); (i)section 87 (mandatory reporting requirements); (j)section 88 (keeping information about higher-risk buildings); (k)section 90 (provision of information etc on change in accountable person); (l)section 91 (residents’ engagement strategy); (m)section 92 (requests for further information); (n)section 93 (complaints procedure operated by principal accountable person); (o)section 94 (complaints procedure operated by the regulator); (p)section 95 (duties on residents and owners); (q)section 96 (contravention notices); (r)section 97 (access to premises); (s)section 98 (duty on regulator to enforce Part); (t)section 101 (offence: contravention giving rise to risk of death and serious injury); (u)section 102 (special measures) and Schedule 7; (v)section 111 (building safety directors of resident management companies).

SI 2024/41. The Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2024.  Comes into force 16th January. These Regulations define the information and documents the principal accountable person (“PAP”) and any other accountable person (“AP”) for a higher-risk building must keep in relation to that higher-risk building.

SI 2024/47. The Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Exemptions) Regulations 2024.  Comes into force 12th February. These Regulations, which apply in England only, exempt certain developments from meeting the biodiversity gain requirement that would otherwise be imposed as a general condition of planning permission.

SI 2024/48. The Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Irreplaceable Habitat) Regulations 2024.  Comes into force 12th February. These Regulations define “irreplaceable habitat” for the purposes of Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (A 1990 c.8) and modify its application in respect of habitat falling within the definition.

SI 2024/49. The Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024.  Comes into force one commencement of Schedule 14 to the Environment Act 2021. Amends the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (A 1990 c.8), Sections 73, 78, 284 and 336. Amendments cover the duties on local planning authorities for biodiversity gain in England.

SI 2024/50. The Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Modifications and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2024. Comes into force 12th February. These Regulations modify Part 2 of Schedule 7A the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Amendments cover phased approval of planning applications or where conditions associated with a planning application require phased approval.