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Introductory Text
PART 1 General
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART 2 Grant and Withdrawal of Approval
3.Designation of bodies to approve inspectors
4.Approval of inspectors
5.Manner of approval or designation
5A.Approved inspector's insurance
6.Termination of approval or designation
7.Lists of approvals and designations
PART 3 Supervision of Work by Approvers
8.Functions of approvers
9.Independence of approvers
10.Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice
10A.Invalid notices
11.Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice
12.Approver's consultation with the fire and rescue authority
13.Approver's consultation with the sewerage undertaker
14.Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate
15.Effect of plans certificate
16.Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate
16A.Form of rejection notice and form of notice under section 51C of the Act
16B.Notice before starting work and further notice when work is “commenced” etc.
16C.Lapse of initial notice: commencement of work
16D.Notification of dutyholders
16E.Compliance declarations
17.Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
18.Cancellation of initial notice
18A.Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations
19.Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work
19A.Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided
PART 3A Transfer of projects to another approver
19B.Section 53(7): prescribed provision
19C.Information to be included in transfer certificates
19D.Period for consideration of transfer certificate and report by local authority
19E.Grounds for rejection of a transfer certificate and transfer report
19F.Cases where a further initial notice may be given after cancellation of an initial notice under section 53D
PART 4 Application of Provisions of the Principal Regulations
20.Application of regulations 20, 20A, 25A, 27, 27A, 27B, , 27C 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 , 44 and 44ZA of the Principal Regulations
PART 5 Public Bodies
21.Approval of public bodies
22.Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's notice
23.Public body's consultation with the fire and rescue authority
24.Public body's consultation with the sewerage undertaker
25.Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's plans certificate
26.Effect of public body's plans certificate
27.Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's final certificate
28.Events causing public body's notice to cease to be in force
PART 6 Certificates Relating to Deposited Plans
29.Certificates given under section 16(9) of the Act
PART 6A Appeals under Part 2 of the Act
29A.Appeal under section 50(2) of the Act
29B.Appeals under section 55 of the Act
PART 7 Miscellaneous Provisions
30.Register of notices and certificates
31.Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
32.Electronic service of documents
33.Transitional provisions: interpretation
34.Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October 2010
35.Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required
36.Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010
37.Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations
38.Revocations and consequential amendments
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
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SCHEDULE 2
Grounds for Rejecting an Initial Notice, an Amendment Notice, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice
Deficiencies in initial notice
1.Form
2.Wrong local authority
3.Capacity of approver
Deficiencies in information
4.Information about the proposed work
5.Notice of approval
Lack of declaration or undertakings
6.Insurance
7.Fire and rescue authority
8.Sewerage undertaker
9.Independence
Deficiencies in the proposed work
10.Drain connection
11.Local enactments
11A.Where a statement setting out the details of the work...
Overlap with earlier notice
12.Earlier notice
SCHEDULE 3
Grounds for Rejecting a Plans Certificate, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice
Deficiencies in form and information
1.Form
2.Work
2A.Optional requirements
3.Plans
Absence of power to give certificate
4.No initial notice
5.Capacity of approver
Lack of declarations
6.Insurance
7.Fire and rescue authority
8.Sewerage undertaker
9.Independence
SCHEDULE 3A
Grounds for rejecting a transfer certificate and transfer report
1.Required information
2.Either the transfer certificate or transfer report do not include...
3.Wrong local authority
4.No initial notice
5.Capacity of approver
6.Breach of section 54B
7.Earlier notice / accepted transfer certificate and transfer report
8.Local authority action and offence committed under section 35(1) of the Act
9.Failure to provide information requested
10.Failure to comply with prescribed timescales
SCHEDULE 4
Grounds for Rejecting a Final Certificate
Deficiencies in form and information
1.Form
2.Work
2A.Optional requirements
Absence of power to give certificate
3.No initial notice
4.Capacity of approver
4A.Lack of fire safety information confirmation
Lack of declarations
5.Insurance
6.Independence
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
1.Form
2.Wrong local authority
3.Capacity of public body
Deficiencies in information
4.Information about the proposed work
Lack of undertaking
5.Fire and rescue authority
6.Sewerage undertaker
Deficiencies in the proposed work
7.Drain connection
8.Local enactments
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
1.Form
2.Work
2A.Optional requirements
3.Plans
Absence of power to give certificate
4.No public body's notice
5.Capacity of public body
Lack of declaration
6.Fire and rescue authority
7.Sewerage undertaker
SCHEDULE 7
Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Final Certificate
Deficiencies in form and information
1.Form
2.Work
2A.Optional requirements
Absence of power to give certificate
3.Capacity of public body
4.No proper signature
Lack of declaration
5.Fire and rescue authority
6.Sewerage undertaker
SCHEDULE 8
Revocation of Regulations
SCHEDULE 9
Consequential Amendments
1.In the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 —
2.In the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England...
Explanatory Note