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The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024
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- 2024 No. 110
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- Regulation 18
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Regulation 18:
- Sch. 2 para. 6(h) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(6)
- Sch. 4 para. 11 inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 60(3)
- reg. 4(2)(xxii) substituted by S.I. 2026/335 reg. 4
- reg. 15(2A)-(2D) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(a)
- reg. 15(3A)(3B) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(b)
- reg. 15(7A)(7B) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(c)
- reg. 15(10) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(d)
- reg. 15A inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(4)
- reg. 18(1) full stop substituted for semicolon by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(3)
- reg. 18(1) reg. 18 renumbered as reg. 18(1) by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(2)
- reg. 18(1)(f) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(3)
- reg. 18(2) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(4)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Instrument associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 2 para. 6(h) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(6)
- Sch. 4 para. 11 inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 60(3)
- reg. 4(2)(xxii) substituted by S.I. 2026/335 reg. 4
- reg. 15(2A)-(2D) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(a)
- reg. 15(3A)(3B) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(b)
- reg. 15(7A)(7B) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(c)
- reg. 15(10) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(3)(d)
- reg. 15A inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 29(4)
- reg. 18(1) full stop substituted for semicolon by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(3)
- reg. 18(1) reg. 18 renumbered as reg. 18(1) by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(2)
- reg. 18(1)(f) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(3)
- reg. 18(2) inserted by S.I. 2025/1236 reg. 59(4)
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18. Where building work described in an initial notice is completed the client must give the approver a notice which includes—
(a)the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the client;
(b)the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the principal contractor (or sole contractor) and the principal designer (or sole or lead designer);
(c)a statement that the building work is complete;
(d)a statement, signed by the client, confirming that to the best of the client’s knowledge the work complies with all applicable requirements of the building regulations;
(e)a statement given by each principal contractor (or sole contractor) for the work and each principal designer (or sole or lead designer) for the work, signed by the person to which the declaration relates, which includes—
(i)the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of that person,
(ii)the dates of their appointment, and
(iii)confirmation—
(aa)in the case of a principal contractor (or sole contractor), that they fulfilled their duties as a principal contractor under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations;
(bb)in the case of a principal designer (or sole or lead designer), that they fulfilled their duties as a principal designer under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations [F1;]
[F2and if for any reason the client is unable to include a statement under this paragraph for a person mentioned in this paragraph, the client must include a statement giving the reasons why that person’s statement has not been included.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 18(e): full stop substituted for comma (7.10.2025) by The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1017), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 11(1)(4))
F2Words in reg. 18(e) inserted (7.10.2025) by The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1017), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 11(1)(4))
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 18 in force at 6.4.2024, see reg. 1(3)
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