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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Prescribed Functions) and Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st April 2023.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(3) Regulation 4 extends to England and Wales.
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(1) The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009 is amended as follows.
(2) In article 8 (amendments to section 14 of the Building Act 1984: the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England) omit paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).
(3) Omit article 9 (transitional provision for members of the predecessor Building Regulations Advisory Committee).
(4) Omit article 10 (amendment to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 to refer to the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England).
3 
In Part 2 of the Schedule to the Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2010, omit the entry for the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England.
4 
For the purposes of section 3(5) of the Building Safety Act 2022, the functions of the Health and Safety Executive as statutory consultee in relation to the fire safety of higher-risk buildings or proposed higher-risk buildings under, or under any instrument made under—
(a) the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and
(b) section 54 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004,are prescribed as functions of the regulator.
5 
In Schedule 1 to the Architects Act 1997, omit paragraph 20.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Lee Rowley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
27th February 2023