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(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations prohibit a person of a prescribed description from carrying out development of land in England (or a prescribed description of such development).
(2)The descriptions of persons which may be prescribed include in particular persons who—
(a)are eligible to be members of a scheme established under section 126, and
(b)are not members of that scheme.
(3)A prohibition under the regulations may be imposed for any purpose connected with—
(a)securing the safety of people in or about buildings in relation to risks arising from buildings, or
(b)improving the standard of buildings,
including securing that safety, or improving that standard, by securing that persons in the building industry remedy defects in buildings or contribute to costs associated with remedying defects in buildings.
(4)A prohibition under the regulations applies despite planning permission (or any prescribed description of planning permission) having been granted.
(5)The regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases, no prescribed certificate under the 1990 Act may be granted (and any purported grant is of no effect).
(6)The regulations may require a person of a prescribed description to give a notification relating to development (and may make provision about the content and form of a notification and the way in which it is to be given).
(7)The regulations may contain exceptions.
(8)The regulations may make provision about enforcement, including in particular provision applying (with or without modifications), in relation to a breach of the regulations, any provision of Part 7 of the 1990 Act (enforcement).
(9)For the purposes of this section—
(a)“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
(b)“building” means a building in England;
(c)“development” has the meaning given by section 55 of the 1990 Act;
(d)“planning permission” has the meaning given by section 336 of the 1990 Act;
(e)“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this section;
(f)“standard” is to be read in accordance with section 30.
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