Transitional provisions7
1
This regulation applies in relation to dwelling-houses and flats.
2
Subject to paragraph (4), the Principal Regulations and the Approved Inspectors Regulations continue to apply in relation to any building work as if these Regulations had not been made where before 1 January 2016—
a
a building notice, an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice is given to, or full plans are deposited with, a local authority; and
b
building work is being or has been carried out in accordance with any such notice or plans, whether with or without any departure from such plans.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), the Principal Regulations and the Approved Inspectors Regulations continue to apply in relation to any building work as if these Regulations had not been made where—
a
before 1 January 2016 a building notice, an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice has been given to a local authority, or full plans have been deposited with a local authority in accordance with the Principal Regulations; and
b
the building work to be carried out in accordance with any such notice or plans is commenced on or after 1 January 2016 but on or before 1 January 2017, whether with or without any departure from such plans.
4
Where—
a
an initial notice given before 1 January 2016 is varied by an amendment notice given on or after that date, and
b
the building work the subject of that notice is commenced on or before 1 January 2017,
the Principal Regulations continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made, to so much of the building work as could have been carried out under that initial notice if the amendment notice had not been given.