The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Grounds for rejection of notices and certificates

8.—(1) In Schedule 3 (initial notice, amendment notice, or plans certificate combined with initial notice)

(a) after paragraph 7, the following paragraph shall be inserted—

“Sewerage undertaker

7A.   The approved inspector will be obliged by regulation 13A to consult the sewerage undertaker before giving a plans certificate or final certificate, and the notice does not contain an undertaking to do so.”;

(b) for paragraph 9 there shall be substituted—

“Drain connection

9.   In the case of the erection or extension of a building, the local authority consider that, in order to comply with the requirements of Part H of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, a proposed drain or private sewer must discharge to an existing sewer, but the statement accompanying the notice does not describe such an arrangement.”;

(c) paragraph 10 shall be omitted.

(2) In Schedule 4 (plans certificate, or plans certificate combined with initial notice), after paragraph 7, the following paragraph shall be inserted—

“Sewerage undertaker

7A.   The approved inspector was obliged by regulation 13A to consult the sewerage undertaker before giving the certificate, but the certificate does not contain a declaration that he has consulted them in accordance with that regulation.”.

(3) In Schedule 6 (public body’s notice, or combined public body’s notice and plans certificate)

(a) after paragraph 5, the following paragraph shall be inserted—

“Sewerage undertaker

5A.   The public body will be obliged by regulation 23A to consult the sewerage undertaker before giving a public body’s plans certificate or a public body’s final certificate, and the notice does not contain an undertaking to do so.”.

(b) for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted—

“Drain connection

6.   In the case of the erection or extension of a building, the local authority consider that, in order to comply with the requirements of Part H of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, a proposed drain or private sewer must discharge to an existing sewer, but the statement accompanying the notice does not describe such an arrangement.”.

(c) paragraph 7 shall be omitted.

(4) The following paragraph shall be added in Schedule 7 (public body’s plans certificate, or combined public body’s notice and plans certificate), after paragraph 6 as new paragraph 7, and in Schedule 8 (public body’s final certificate), after paragraph 5 as new paragraph 6—

“Sewerage undertaker

The public body was obliged by regulation 23A to consult the sewerage undertaker before giving the certificate, but the certificate does not contain a declaration that they have been consulted in accordance with that regulation.”.