The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010

Made: 6th September 2010

Laid before Parliament: 9th September 2010

Coming into force: 1st October 2010

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to matters relating to the environment.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 1(1), 2A, 16(9), 17(1) and (6), 35, 47(1) to (5), 49(1) and (5), 50(1), (4), (6) and (7), 51(1) and (2), 51A(2), (3), (5) and (6), 52(1) to (3), 53(2) and (4), 54(1) to (3) and (5), 56(1) and (2) and 126 of, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to and Schedule 4 to the Building Act 1984 :

PART 1 — General

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st October 2010.

Interpretation

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• (1) In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Building Act 1984;

• “approver” means a registered building control approver within the meaning of section 58N of the Act;

• “building” means any permanent or temporary building but not any other kind of structure or erection, and a reference to a building includes a reference to part of a building;

• “building work” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations;

• “controlled service or fitting” means a service or fitting in relation to which Part G, H, J or L of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations imposes a requirement;

• “day” means any period of 24 hours commencing at midnight and excludes any Saturday, Sunday, Bank holiday or public holiday;

• “designated body” has the meaning given in regulation 4;

• “dwelling-house” does not include a flat or a building containing a flat;

• “flat” means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for use for residential purposes and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally;

• “material alteration” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2) of the Principal Regulations;

• “material change of use” has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations;

• “the Principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations 2010.

• (2) Where any regulation requires the use of a numbered form in Schedule 1, a form substantially to the like effect may be used.

• (3) Any reference in these Regulations to the carrying out of work includes a reference to the making of a material change of use.

• (4) Any reference in these Regulations to an initial notice (whether or not combined with a plans certificate) shall in an appropriate case be construed as a reference to that initial notice as amended by an amendment notice which has been accepted by a local authority.

PART 2 — Grant and Withdrawal of Approval

Designation of bodies to approve inspectors

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Approval of inspectors

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Manner of approval or designation

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Termination of approval or designation

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Lists of approvals and designations

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PART 3 — Supervision of Work by Approvers

Functions of approved inspectors

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Independence of approved inspectors

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice

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Approved inspector's consultation with the fire and rescue authority

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Approved inspector's consultation with the fire and rescue authority

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate

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Effect of plans certificate

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate

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Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force

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Cancellation of initial notice

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Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work

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PART 4 — Application of Provisions of the Principal Regulations

Application of regulations 20, 27, 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Principal Regulations

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PART 5 — Public Bodies

Approval of public bodies

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's notice

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Public body's consultation with the fire and rescue authority

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Public body's consultation with the sewerage undertaker

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's plans certificate

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Effect of public body's plans certificate

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's final certificate

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Events causing public body's notice to cease to be in force

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PART 6 — Certificates Relating to Deposited Plans

Certificates given under section 16(9) of the Act

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• (1) Regulations 3 to 7 shall apply in relation to—

• (a) the approval and the termination of approval of persons to certify plans in accordance with section 16(9) of the Act, and

• (b) the designation and the termination of designation of bodies to approve such persons,

as they do in relation to the approval of inspectors and the designation of bodies to approve inspectors respectively.

• (2) Regulations 4 and 6 of the Principal Regulations are prescribed for the purposes of section 16(9) of the Act insofar as either requires compliance with—

• (a) Part A (structure) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, and

• (b) Part L (conservation of fuel and power) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations.

• (3) Where deposited plans are accompanied by a certificate as mentioned in section 16(9) of the Act, the evidence of insurance required by that provision is a declaration signed by the insurer that a named scheme of insurance approved by the Secretary of State applies in relation to the certificate which accompanies the plans.

• (4) For the purposes of section 16(9) of the Act, the circumstances in which the local authority may reject deposited plans on the grounds referred to in section 16(9)(i) or (ii) are where—

• (a) the certificate states that the work shown in the plans complies with the requirements of Part A (structure) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations;

• (b) paragraph A3 of that Schedule applies to the work shown in the plans; and

• (c) the certificate does not contain a declaration that the person giving the certificate does not, and will not until the work is complete, have a professional or financial interest in the work.

• (5) The provisions of regulation 9(1) to (4) shall have effect for the purpose of determining whether a person has a professional or financial interest in the work shown in the plans as if references in those provisions to approved inspectors were references to persons approved for the purposes of section 16(9) of the Act.

PART 7 — Miscellaneous Provisions

Register of notices and certificates

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Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence

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Electronic service of documents

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Transitional provisions: interpretation

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Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October 2010

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Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required

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Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010

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Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations

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Revocations and consequential amendments

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SCHEDULE 1 — Forms

SCHEDULE 2 — Grounds for Rejecting an Initial Notice, an Amendment Notice, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice

Deficiencies in initial notice

Form

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Wrong local authority

2

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Capacity of approved inspector

3

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Deficiencies in information

Information about the proposed work

4

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Notice of approval

5

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Lack of declaration or undertakings

Insurance

6

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Fire and rescue authority

7

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Sewerage undertaker

8

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Independence

9

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Deficiencies in the proposed work

Drain connection

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Local enactments

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Overlap with earlier notice

Earlier notice

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SCHEDULE 3 — Grounds for Rejecting a Plans Certificate, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

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Work

2

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Plans

3

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Absence of power to give certificate

No initial notice

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Capacity of approved inspector

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Lack of declarations

Insurance

6

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Fire and rescue authority

7

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Sewerage undertaker

8

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Independence

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SCHEDULE 4 — Grounds for Rejecting a Final Certificate

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

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Work

2

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Absence of power to give certificate

No initial notice

3

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Capacity of approved inspector

4

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Lack of declarations

Insurance

5

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Independence

6

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SCHEDULE 5 — Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Notice, or a Combined Public Body's Notice and Plans Certificate

Deficiencies in public body’s notice

Form

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Wrong local authority

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Capacity of public body

3

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Deficiencies in information

Information about the proposed work

4

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Lack of undertaking

Fire and rescue authority

5

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Sewerage undertaker

6

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Deficiencies in the proposed work

Drain connection

7

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Local enactments

8

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SCHEDULE 6 — Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Plans Certificate, or a Combined Public Body's Notice and Plans Certificate

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

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Work

2

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Plans

3

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Absence of power to give certificate

No public body’s notice

4

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Capacity of public body

5

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Lack of declaration

Fire and rescue authority

6

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Sewerage undertaker

7

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SCHEDULE 7 — Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Final Certificate

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

1

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Work

2

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Absence of power to give certificate

Capacity of public body

3

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No proper signature

4

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Lack of declaration

Fire and rescue authority

5

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Sewerage undertaker

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SCHEDULE 8 — Revocation of Regulations

Title	Reference	Extent of revocation
The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000	S.I. 2000/2532	The whole Regulations.
The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2001	S.I. 2001/3336	The whole Regulations.
The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2002	S.I. 2002/2872	The whole Regulations.
The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2004	S.I. 2004/1466	The whole Regulations.
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008	S.I. 2008/2363	Regulation 4.

SCHEDULE 9 — Consequential Amendments

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Andrew Stunell — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2010-09-06

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2008/301.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68.

[^f00003]: 1984 c.55; section 126 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22) and section 2A was inserted by section 4 of that Act; section 47(1) was amended by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and S.I. 1996/1905; sections 50(1) and 52(1) were amended, section 51(1) was substituted and section 51A was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905, and section 52(2) was amended by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004; section 56(1) and (2) was amended by S.I. 1996/1905 and is prospectively repealed by section 11 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004; paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of that Act and by section 11 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19); paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and by section 40 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29); paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1986/452. Certain functions of a Minister of the Crown under the Building Act 1984 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38) by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as varied by article 4 of, and Schedule 3 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/253) and have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). Subject to certain exceptions and reservations, the remaining functions conferred on the Secretary of State by the Building Act 1984 are transferred to the Welsh Ministers, as far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019) with effect from 31st December 2011.

[^f00005]: Section 57 was amended by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22).

[^f00006]: See section 47 of the Building Act 1984.

[^f00007]: See section 51A of the Building Act 1984.

[^f00008]: S.I. 2005/1541.

[^f00009]: See section 50 of the Building Act 1984.

[^f00010]: See section 51 of the Building Act 1984.

[^f00011]: See section 54 of the Building Act 1984.

[^f00012]: See paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 4 to the Building Act 1984.

[^f00013]: See paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Building Act 1984.

[^f00014]: See paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Building Act 1984.

[^f00015]: Section 56(1) to (4) is prospectively repealed by the Schedule to the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004, and section 56(1), (2) and (5) was amended by S.I. 1996/1905.

[^f00016]: Section 51C was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905.

[^f00017]: Section 94A was inserted by S.I. 2008/2334.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2000/2532.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2009/1219 amended by S.I. 2009/2465 and 2010/719.

[^f00020]: S.I. 2010/719.

[^f00021]: Regulation 12(2A) was inserted by S.I. 2006/652.

[^f00022]: Regulation 15(1) was amended by S.I. 2002/440 and 2006/652.

[^f00023]: Section 47(1) was amended by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and S.I. 1996/1905. Section 51A(2) was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905.

[^f00024]: Regulation 12(5) was substituted by S.I. 2004/3210 and amended by S.I. 2008/671.

[^f00025]: S.I. 2001/3336.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2002/2872 amended by S.I. 2003/3133.

[^f00027]: S.I. 2006/652.

[^f00028]: S.I. 2006/3318.

[^f00029]: S.I. 2007/3384.

[^f00030]: S.I. 2010/404.

[^f00031]: S.I. 2007/991.

[^f00032]: S.I. 2010/404.

[^f00033]: S.I. 2007/991.

Deficiencies in initial notice

Form

Wrong local authority

Capacity of approved inspector

Deficiencies in information

Information about the proposed work

Notice of approval

Lack of declaration or undertakings

Insurance

Fire and rescue authority

Sewerage undertaker

Independence

Deficiencies in the proposed work

Drain connection

Local enactments

Overlap with earlier notice

Earlier notice

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

Work

Plans

Absence of power to give certificate

No initial notice

Capacity of approved inspector

Lack of declarations

Insurance

Fire and rescue authority

Sewerage undertaker

Independence

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

Work

Absence of power to give certificate

No initial notice

Capacity of approved inspector

Lack of declarations

Insurance

Independence

Deficiencies in public body's notice

Form

Wrong local authority

Capacity of public body

Deficiencies in information

Information about the proposed work

Lack of undertaking

Fire and rescue authority

Sewerage undertaker

Deficiencies in the proposed work

Drain connection

Local enactments

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

Work

Plans

Absence of power to give certificate

No public body's notice

Capacity of public body

Lack of declaration

Fire and rescue authority

Sewerage undertaker

Deficiencies in form and information

Form

Work

Absence of power to give certificate

Capacity of public body

No proper signature

Lack of declaration

Fire and rescue authority

Sewerage undertaker

Editorial notes

[^c2043596]: S.I. 2008/301.

[^c2043597]: 1972 c.68.

[^c2043598]: 1984 c.55; section 126 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22) and section 2A was inserted by section 4 of that Act; section 47(1) was amended by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and S.I. 1996/1905; sections 50(1) and 52(1) were amended, section 51(1) was substituted and section 51A was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905, and section 52(2) was amended by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004; section 56(1) and (2) was amended by S.I. 1996/1905 and is prospectively repealed by section 11 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004; paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 8 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of that Act and by section 11 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19); paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and by section 40 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29); paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1986/452. Certain functions of a Minister of the Crown under the Building Act 1984 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38) by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as varied by article 4 of, and Schedule 3 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/253) and have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). Subject to certain exceptions and reservations, the remaining functions conferred on the Secretary of State by the Building Act 1984 are transferred to the Welsh Ministers, as far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019) with effect from 31st December 2011.

[^M_C_7d2bd6a0-57f7-4da8-e775-739b8865aa98]: Regulations continued (E.) (1.10.2023) by The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/993), reg. 9

[^key-5dbb363822c89b79d488ac577a4ec7e0]: Words in reg. 2 inserted (6.4.2024) by The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/244), regs. 1(1), 4

Application of regulations 20, 25A, 27, 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Principal Regulations

Approved inspector's insurance

5A

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Termination of approval or designation

Lists of approvals and designations

Application of regulations 20, 20A, 25A, 27, 27A, 27B, , 27C 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 , 44 and 44ZA of the Principal Regulations

Optional requirements

2A

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Plans

Optional requirements

2A

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Optional requirements

2A

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Plans

Optional requirements

2A

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Invalid notices

10A

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Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice

Approved inspector's consultation with the sewerage undertaker

Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate

Effect of plans certificate

Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate

Form of rejection notice and form of notice under section 51C of the Act

16A

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Notice before starting work and further notice when work is “commenced” etc.

16B

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Lapse of initial notice: commencement of work

16C

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Notification of dutyholders

16D

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Compliance declarations

16E

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Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force

Cancellation of initial notice

Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work

PART 6A — Appeals under Part 2 of the Act

Appeal under section 50(2) of the Act

29A

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Appeals under section 55 of the Act

29B

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11A

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Lack of fire safety information confirmation

4A

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Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations

18A

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Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work

Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided

19A

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PART 3A — Transfer of projects to another approver

Section 53(7): prescribed provision

19B

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Information to be included in transfer certificates

19C

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Period for consideration of transfer certificate and report by local authority

19D

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Grounds for rejection of a transfer certificate and transfer report

19E

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Cases where a further initial notice may be given after cancellation of an initial notice under section 53D

19F

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SCHEDULE 3A — Grounds for rejecting a transfer certificate and transfer report

Required information

1

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2

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Wrong local authority

3

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No initial notice

4

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Capacity of approver

5

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Breach of section 54B

6

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Earlier notice / accepted transfer certificate and transfer report

7

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Local authority action and offence committed under section 35(1) of the Act

8

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Failure to provide information requested

9

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Failure to comply with prescribed timescales

10

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Functions of approvers

Independence of approvers

Approver's consultation with the fire and rescue authority

Approver's consultation with the sewerage undertaker

Capacity of approver

Capacity of approver

Capacity of approver

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