The Building (Approved Inspectors etc. and Review of Decisions) (England) Regulations 2023

Made: 9th August 2023

Laid before Parliament: 17th August 2023

Coming into force: 1st October 2023

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Registration etc.

Registration periods

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Review of regulator’s decisions under Part 2A of the Act

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Appeal in relation to reviewed decisions

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PART 3 — Amendments of the Approved Inspectors Regulations

Amendments to the Approved Inspectors Regulations

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Amendments to regulation 2

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Amendment to regulation 8

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New regulation 10A

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Amendments: deposit of plans etc

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New regulations 16A to 16E etc

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Amendments to regulation 18

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Amendments in relation to fire safety information etc

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Revocation of regulation 29

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Amendments as to appeals under Part 2 of the Act

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Substitution of regulation 31

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Revocation of regulation 32

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Amendments to Schedule 1

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Amendments to Schedule 2 for gigabit broadband

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PART 4 — Transitional, supplementary and savings provisions

Cases where initial notice was given before October 2023

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Appeals

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Forms

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Approved inspector’s initial notices to be treated as notices of registered building control approver on 6th April 2024

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Cases where building work supervised by approved inspector is not completed before October 2024

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Transitional, supplementary and saving provisions: HRBs

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Interpretation of this Part

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SCHEDULE — New forms to be inserted into Schedule 1 to the Approved Inspectors Regulations

Form 5A

Form 5B

Form 8A

Form 8B

Form 8C

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lee Rowley — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities — 9th August 2023

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 55. Section 1 was amended by section 1(1) of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22). Section 35 was amended by section 39 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (“the 2022 Act”). Section 35B was inserted by section 38 of the 2022 Act. Section 51A was inserted by S.I. 1996/1905 and amended by sections 46(2) and 48(3) of, and paragraph 42 of Schedule 5 to, the 2022 Act. Section 52 was amended by paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 to the 2022 Act. Section 52A was inserted by section 46 of the 2022 Act. Section 53(2) was amended by section 36(6) of the 2022 Act. Section 53A was inserted by section 36 of the 2022 Act. Sections 58C and 58O were inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act. Paragraphs 1A, 1D, 1F, 1G and 1I of Schedule 1 were inserted by section 33 of the 2022 Act. Paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 was substituted by paragraph 83(8) of Schedule 5 to the 2022 Act.

[^f00002]: 2022 c. 30.

[^f00003]: Under the transitional provisions in regulation 5(1) of S.I. 2023/362 the requirement to consult under section 120B of the Building Act 1984 does not apply to proposals consulted on under section 14(3) of the Building Act 1984 before it was repealed by paragraph 17 of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2010/2215 as amended by S.I. 2012/3119, S.I. 2013/1959, S.I. 2014/579, S.I. 2015/767, S.I. 2016/285, S.I. 2021/1391, S.I. 2021/1392, S.I. 2022/717, S.I. 2022/984 and S.I. 2023/520. There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.

[^f00005]: 1971 c. 80.

[^f00006]: See section 30 of the Building Safety Act 2022 for the meaning of prescribed in relation to section 25.

[^f00007]: See section 126 of the Building Act 1984 for the definition of “the regulator”.

[^f00008]: Section 26 of the Building Safety Act 2022 provides that a review under section 25 must have concluded before an appeal is made.

[^f00009]: Section 51A of the Act defines “amendment notice”.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2010/2214.

Editorial notes