Section 6 | Approval Of Documents For Purposes Of Building Regulations | Building Act 1984 C55

6 Approval of documents for purposes of building regulations

Building Act 1984 (1984 c 55) | Legislation

Approved documents

6 Approval of documents for purposes of building regulations

(1) For the purpose of providing practical guidance with respect to the requirements of any provision of building regulations, the Secretary of State [appropriate national authority] or a body designated by him [the appropriate national authority] for the purposes of this section may—

(a) approve and issue any document (whether or not prepared by him [the appropriate national authority] or by the body concerned), or

(b) approve any document issued or proposed to be issued otherwise than by him [the appropriate national authority] or by the body concerned,

if in the opinion of the Secretary of State [appropriate national authority] or, as the case may be, the body concerned the document is suitable for that purpose.

(2) References in this section and section 7 below to a document include references to a part of a document; and accordingly, in relation to a document of which part only is approved, a reference in the following provisions of this section