The Building Act 1984 (Amendment of Commencement Order No. 1) and Building Safety Act 2022 (Amendment of Commencement Regulations No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2026

The Building Act 1984 (Amendment of Commencement Order No. 1) and Building Safety Act 2022 (Amendment of Commencement Regulations No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2026

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The Building Act 1984 (Amendment of Commencement Order No. 1) and Building Safety Act 2022 (Amendment of Commencement Regulations No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2026
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2026 No. 20 (C. 4)
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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2026 No. 20 (C. 4)
Building and Buildings, Wales
The Building Act 1984 (Amendment of Commencement Order No. 1) and Building Safety Act 2022 (Amendment of Commencement Regulations No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Made
31 January 2026
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 120(1) and 134(1)(b) of the Building Act 1984(
1
) and section 170(4)(b)(i), (4)(b)(iii), (4)(b)(vi) and (4)(b)(viii) of the Building Safety Act 2022(
2
).
Title
1.
  The title of these Regulations is the Building Act 1984 (Amendment of Commencement Order No. 1) and Building Safety Act 2022 (Amendment of Commencement Regulations No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2026.
Amendment of the Building Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2025
2.
—(1) The Building Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2025(
3
) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading of article 2, in the Welsh text, for
“XXXX”
substitute
“1 Gorffennaf 2026”
.
(3) In article 2, in the Welsh text, for
“XXXX”
substitute
“1 Gorffennaf 2026”
.
Amendment of the Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2025
3.
—(1) The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2025(
4
) are amended as follows.
(2) In the heading of regulation 2, in the Welsh text, for
“XXXX”
substitute
“1 Gorffennaf 2026”
.
(3) In regulation 2, in the Welsh text, for
“XXXX”
substitute
“1 Gorffennaf 2026”
.
Rebecca Evans
Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, one of the Welsh Ministers
31 January 2026
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations correct an error in the Welsh text of both the Building Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2025 and the Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2025 to insert the coming into force date of 1 July 2026 into article 2 and regulation 2 respectively.

(
1
)
1984 c. 55
. Section 120 is amended by paragraph 76 and section 134 is amended by paragraph 82 of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022. Section 134(1A) of the Building Act 1984 provides that the reference to the Secretary of State in section 134(1) is to be read as a reference to the Welsh Ministers. The power to make an order under section 134 of the Building Act 1984 may be exercised to make regulations by virtue of section 39 of the Legislation (Wales) Act
2019 (anaw 4)
.
(
2
)
2022 c. 30
.
(
3
)
S.I. 2025/1367 (W. 224) (C. 79)
.
(
4
)
S.I. 2025/1368 (W. 225) (C. 80)
.
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