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Requirement

This approved document deals with the following requirement from Part Q of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010.

PART Q SECURITY

Unauthorised access

Reasonable provision must be made to resist unauthorised access to:

(a) any dwelling; and

(b) any part of a building from which access can be gained to a flat within the building.

Limits on application

Requirement Q1 applies only in relation to new dwellings.

Performance

Requirement Q1 applies to easily accessible doors and windows that provide access in any of the following circumstances:

a. into a dwelling from outside

b. into parts of a building containing flats from outside

c. into a flat from the common parts of the building.

In the Secretary of State’s view,

Requirement Q1: Unauthorised access