The Building Regulations 1991

Completion certificates

15.  –

(1) A local authority shall give a completion certificate in accordance with this regulation where–

(a) they receive a notice under regulation 14(4) or (5) that building work has been completed, or, that a building has been partly occupied before completion; and

(b) they have either–

(i) been notified in accordance with regulation 13(4) that the building is put or is intended to be put to a use which is a designated use for the purposes of the Fire Precautions Act 1971, or

(ii) been requested to do so in accordance with regulation 13(5).

(2) Where in relation to any building work or, as the case may be, to any part of a building which has been occupied before completion, a local authority have been able to ascertain, after taking all reasonable steps in that behalf, that the relevant requirements of Schedule 1 specified in the certificate have been satisfied, they shall give a certificate to that effect.

(3) In this regulation the relevant requirements mean–

(a) in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the requirements of Part B of Schedule 1 (fire safety); and

(b) in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), any applicable requirements of Schedule 1.

(4) A certificate given in accordance with this regulation shall be evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that the relevant requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.