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5.—(1) For the purposes of section 54B(2) of the 1984 Act each of the following activities is prescribed as a restricted activity—
(a)where an initial notice(1), amendment notice(2) or plans certificate(3) is to be given in relation to any building work, the checking of plans to which the notice or certificate relates for compliance with any requirement of the building regulations which is applicable to the work;
(b)where an inspection of building work is to be carried out by the registered building control approver for the purpose of checking compliance with any requirement of the building regulations which is applicable to the work, the carrying out of that inspection (including scheduling the stages or points for inspections).
(2) For the purposes of section 54B(3) of the 1984 Act each of the following functions is prescribed as a restricted function—
(a)giving an initial notice to a local authority under section 47 of the 1984 Act (initial notices) including an initial notice combined with a plans certificate or a new initial notice under section 53(7) of the 1984 Act (new initial notices);
(b)giving a plans certificate to a local authority under section 50 of the 1984 Act (plans certificates);
(c)giving a final certificate to a local authority under section 51 of the 1984 Act (final certificates);
(d)giving an amendment notice to a local authority under section 51A of the 1984 Act (variation of work to which initial notice relates);
(e)giving a notice under section 52(1)(c), 52(2) or 52A(1) of the 1984 Act (cancellation of initial notice);
(f)giving a transfer certificate and a transfer report to a local authority under section 53B(3) of the 1984 Act (new initial notice: change of registered building control approver).
See section 47 of the Building Act 1984 for the definition of “initial notice”.
See section 51A of the Building Act 1984 for the definition of “amendment notice”.
See section 50 of the Building Act 1984 for the definition of “plans certificate”.
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