BUILDING ACT 2004 - SECT 6 Meaning of building work

BUILDING ACT 2004 - SECT 6

    (1)     In this Act:

"building work" means—

        (a)     work in relation to the erection, alteration or demolition of a building, and includes disposal of waste materials generated—

              (i)     by the alteration of a building other than a building excluded under the regulations; or

              (ii)     by the demolition of a building (but not part of the building); or

        (b)     work in relation to repairs of a structural nature to a building.

Note     Building work , for pt 6 (Residential buildings—statutory warranties, standard conditions, insurance and fidelity certificates) does not include work in relation to the demolition of a whole building (see s 84).

    (2)     The regulations may—

        (a)     exempt a kind of work from the definition of building work ; or

        (b)     include a kind of work in the definition of building work .