Part III
- (b) of a duty imposed by building regulations in a case to which subsection (1) above does not apply,
is actionable, or as prejudicing any right of action which exists apart from the enactments relating to building regulations.
(4) In this section “damage” includes the death of, or injury to, any person (including any disease and any impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition).
Application to Crown. 72.—(1) Except in so far as building regulations provide otherwise, the substantive provisions of building regulations—
- (a) shall apply in relation to work carried out or proposed to be carried out by or on behalf of a Crown authority (whether or not in relation to a Crown building) as they would apply if the person by or on behalf of whom the work was or is to be carried out were not a Crown authority; and
- (b) so far as they consist of continuing requirements, shall apply to Crown authorities (whether or not in relation to Crown buildings) as they apply to persons who are not Crown authorities.
(2) In so far as building regulations so provide as regards any of the substantive requirements of building regulations, those requirements shall apply in relation to work carried out or proposed to be carried out as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above in Inner London and, so far as they consist of continuing requirements, shall apply to Crown authorities there as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above, even if those requirements do not apply there in the case of work carried out or proposed to be carried out otherwise than by or on behalf of a Crown authority or, in the case of continuing requirements, do not apply there to persons other than Crown authorities.
In this subsection “Inner London” has the same meaning as in section 70.
(3) Except in so far as building regulations provide otherwise, building regulations and the enactments relating to building regulations—
- (a) shall apply in relation to work carried out or proposed to be carried out in relation to a Crown building otherwise than by or on behalf of a Crown authority, and, in the case of section 65 and building regulations made by virtue thereof, shall in relation to a Crown building apply to persons other than Crown authorities, as they would apply if the building were not a Crown building; and
