The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Approved inspector's insurance (new regulation 5A)U.K.

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[F135.  After the end of regulation 5, insert—

“Approved inspector's insurance

5A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an approved inspector who gives a notice or certificate specified in paragraph (2) to a local authority must ensure that, before or on the date of the notice or certificate, the person who approved that inspector (the Secretary of State or a body designated under regulation 3 as the case may be) is in possession of a declaration of insurance in respect of the work to which the notice or certificate relates.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a notice or certificate given on or after 6th April 2013 which is—

(a)an initial notice;

(b)an amendment notice;

(c)a plans certificate;

(d)a combined initial notice and plans certificate; or

(e)a final certificate.

(3) In this regulation a “declaration of insurance” means a declaration of insurance signed by the insurer that a named scheme of insurance approved by the Secretary of State applies to the approved inspector in relation to the building work to which the notice or certificate relates.”]

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