RONA-47 Response Historic

Minister to keep Standards and Codes of Practice up to date

Recommendation

The Minister of Housing and Local Government, who is responsible for the Building Regulations, must accept responsibility for seeing that the British Standards and Codes of Practice referred to in the Regulations are kept up to date, and that new ones are promulgated as necessary. Machinery should be devised to effect this (paragraph 217).

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Page Reference
65
Section Reference
Chapter 8, Recommendations, item (47)
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Ronan Point Inquiry
Report Ronan Point Inquiry — Final Report 06 Nov 1968
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Themes & Tags
Weak Government Accountability & Scrutiny Codes of Practice Building Regulations
Recommendation age 57.8 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates