The regulatory authority may make rules (“operational standards rules”) applying to local authorities and registered building control approvers in relation to their exercise of building control functions.

Operational standards rules may in particular make provision about standards to be met, and practices, procedures or methods to be adopted, in exercising building control functions.

In this Part “building control functions”, in relation to a local authority or registered building control approver, means the functions of the authority or approver under this Act and regulations made under it.

The operational standards rules may make different provision for different cases (for example, for different descriptions of work).

The regulatory authority may revise the operational standards rules at any time.

The regulatory authority must publish the operational standards rules (and any revised rules).