Our UK construction team prepares a monthly summary of new and proposed legislation for Construction Law which is published as the "New and proposed legislation: State of Play table".

A list of the legislation and consultations on which we commented in July are set out below - with a link to the pdf version of the table's July edition.

Table 241, July 2019

  • Climate change: UK net zero carbon target set for 2050
  • Climate change: new framework for the transition of new and existing buildings to become net zero carbon by 2050
  • Licensing: Construction Licensing Task Force set up
  • Value Added Tax: VAT reverse charge for building and construction services
  • Building regulations: reforms to the building safety regulation system – government consultation
  • Modern slavery: final report of the Independent Review issued

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