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17.—(1) A local authority shall give a completion certificate in accordance with this regulation and as provided for in paragraph (2) where—
(a)they receive a notice under regulation 15(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 14(4), that the building is put or is intended to be put to a use which is a relevant use as defined by regulation 12(1); or
(ii)been requested, in accordance with regulation 14(5), to give a completion certificate.
(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, 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 “relevant requirements” mean—
(a)in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the applicable 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 requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.
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