Hi all
Hot off the press the details of the revised Part M Approved Document for
downloading. Hope we all do not go at once to the site otherwise we may
crash the system.
The following publications are now available on the Internet, and can be
printed and downloaded free of charge:
Approved Document M - Access to and use of buildings, 2004 Edition:
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_buildreg/documents/page/odpm_bre
g_025494.hcsp
Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2692):
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032692.htm
ODPM Circular 11/2003:
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_buildreg/documents/page/odpm_bre
g_025494-01.hcsp#P23_581
They are also available in hard copy form from TSO:
- The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2692, ISBN
0-11-048038-4, £2.00)
- Approved Document M - Access to and use of buildings, 2004 Edition (ISBN
0-11-753901-5, £12)
- ODPM Circular 11/2003 (ISBN 0-11-753903-1, £7.00)
The ODPM press notice on the new Part M is on the website at
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2003_0229
Background notes:
The Building (Amendment) Regulations were made on 17 October 2003 and laid
before Parliament on 27 October 2003. The main provisions in SI 2003/2692,
relating to the new Part M of the Building Regulations 2000, come into force
on 1 May 2004.
ODPM Circular 11/2003 and Approved Document M: Access to and use of
buildings, 2004 edition, were both published on 5 November 2003. The new
Approved Document comes into effect on 1 May 2004.
The purpose of the Circular is to:
a) draw attention to the Amendment Regulations and explain the changes they
make to the Building Regulations 2000
b) explain the coming into force and transitional provisions, and
c) announce the approval and publication of new Approved Document M.
The Circular does not give advice on the technical requirements of Part M,
because these are matters covered in the Approved Document.
Regards
marcus
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