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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13</dc:identifier><dc:title>Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997</dc:title><dc:subject>Building regulations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disabled people</dc:subject><dc:subject>Buildings</dc:subject><dc:subject>Building control services</dc:subject><dc:subject>Health and safety at work</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">BUILDING REGULATIONS</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-03-03</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2022-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These regulations revoke and replace the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 as amended.</dc:description>
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RestrictStartDate="2013-04-08"><Title><Substitution ChangeId="key-d1140c84b730a67a635982ae19c5cdd5-1766414355536" CommentaryRef="key-d1140c84b730a67a635982ae19c5cdd5">Effect of failure to pay fees</Substitution></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13" id="regulation-13"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ac92d3fb016540bb39a3a6c658c4ac03"/>13</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/1" id="regulation-13-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Plans shall not be treated as deposited in accordance with the principal regulations for the purposes of Article 13 of the 1979 Order unless the district council has received any plan fee payable in respect of those plans and, where regulation 12 applies, that regulation has been complied with.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/2" id="regulation-13-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A building notice shall not be treated as given in accordance with the principal regulations unless the district council has received any building notice fee payable in respect of that notice, and, where regulation 12 applies, that regulation has been complied with.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3" id="regulation-13-3"><Pnumber><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" CommentaryRef="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd">3</Substitution></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" CommentaryRef="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd">A district council may not issue a completion certificate in accordance with regulation 14 of the principal regulations until such time as—</Substitution></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3/a" id="regulation-13-3-a"><Pnumber><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" CommentaryRef="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd">a</Substitution></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" CommentaryRef="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd">the prescribed inspection fee has been paid in full in accordance with regulation 11(4); or</Substitution></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3/b" id="regulation-13-3-b"><Pnumber><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" 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district council has received any regularisation fee payable in respect of that application and, where regulation 12 applies, that regulation has been complied with.</Substitution></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/5" id="regulation-13-5"><Pnumber><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" CommentaryRef="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd">5</Substitution></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd-1766414399174" CommentaryRef="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd">An application for a type approval certificate shall not be treated as given in accordance with the principal regulations unless the processing council has received any type approval fee payable in respect of that application.</Substitution></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Secondary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-ac92d3fb016540bb39a3a6c658c4ac03" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c0uykmnn6-00063" SectionRef="regulation-13" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13">Reg. 13</CitationSubRef> in operation at 1.1.1998, see <CitationSubRef id="c0uykmnn6-00064" CitationRef="" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/1" Operative="true">reg. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-c69cc4cd1cf0422f800462999e8c35fd" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c13ihv5l6-00016" StartSectionRef="regulation-13-3" EndSectionRef="regulation-13-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/5">Reg. 13(3)-(5)</CitationSubRef> substituted for <CitationSubRef id="c13ihv5l6-00017" SectionRef="regulation-13-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13/3">reg. 13(3)</CitationSubRef> (8.4.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/60" id="c13ihv5l6-00018" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2013" Number="60" Title="Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013">Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/60)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c13ihv5l6-00018" id="c13ihv5l6-00019" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/60/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c13ihv5l6-00018" id="c13ihv5l6-00020" SectionRef="regulation-10-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/60/regulation/10/b" Operative="true">10(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-d1140c84b730a67a635982ae19c5cdd5" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c13ihv5l6-00007" SectionRef="regulation-13" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/482/regulation/13">Reg. 13</CitationSubRef> heading  substituted (8.4.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/60" id="c13ihv5l6-00008" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2013" Number="60" Title="Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013">Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/60)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c13ihv5l6-00008" id="c13ihv5l6-00009" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/60/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c13ihv5l6-00008" id="c13ihv5l6-00010" SectionRef="regulation-10-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/60/regulation/10/a" Operative="true">10(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>