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UK Law Reference
All sections of Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019
2019 c. 27, s.1

Section 1 — “The Parliamentary building works”

This version in force from 2020-03-10

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) In this Act “the Parliamentary building works” means—

(a) works for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster,

(b) works relating to the Parliamentary Estate, other than works within paragraph (a), that are designated for the purposes of this paragraph by the House Commissions with the agreement of the Sponsor Body and the Delivery Authority, and

(c) works in connection with the restoration of the Palace of Westminster that—

(i) relate to land that does not form part of the Parliamentary Estate on the first day on which any provision of this section comes into force,

(ii) are not within paragraph (b), and

(iii) are not designated as excluded from this paragraph by the House Commissions.

(2) References in this Act to “Palace restoration works” are to—

(a) works within subsection (1)(a), and

(b) works within subsection (1)(c).

(3) If either House of Parliament is located somewhere other than the Palace of Westminster while the Parliamentary building works are carried out, the functions under this Act in relation to the works must be exercised with a view to facilitating the return of that House to the Palace of Westminster as soon as is reasonably practicable.