§ Mr. Maples asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to lay regulations to apply the system of building controls currently operating in England and Wales to inner London.
§ Mr. John PattenMy right hon. Friend has today laid before Parliament the Building (Inner London) Regulations 1985. It is intended that the regulations will come into operation on 6 January 1986. The effect of the regulations is that the building control system will become essentially the same in inner London as in the rest of England and Wales. With certain limited exceptions the Building Regulations 1985 will apply to building work in inner London in place of the present constructional byelaws made under the London Building Acts. The Building (Approved Inspectors, etc) Regulations 1985 will also apply to inner London from 6 January 1986.
14WThe Greater London council and the district surveyor service will be responsible for administering the new system for inner London until 1 April 1986, when responsibility for this function will pass to the inner London borough councils and the Corporation of the City of London.
The regulations provide for transitional arrangements so that schemes in progress on the 6 January will continue to be subject to the London Building Acts and byelaws.