UK Statutory Instrument
2010
United Kingdom
The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010
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Part 1 — General
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Interpretation
Part 2 — Grant and Withdrawal of Approval
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Designation of bodies to approve inspectors
Approval of inspectors
Manner of approval or designation
Termination of approval or designation
Lists of approvals and designations
Approved inspector's insurance
Part 3 — Supervision of Work by Approvers
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Functions of approvers
Independence of approvers
Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice
Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice
Approver's consultation with the fire and rescue authority
Approver's consultation with the sewerage undertaker
Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate
Effect of plans certificate
Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate
Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
Cancellation of initial notice
Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work
Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations
Compliance declarations
Form of rejection notice and form of notice under section 51C of the Act
Invalid notices
Lapse of initial notice: commencement of work
Notice before starting work and further notice when work is “commenced” etc.
Notification of dutyholders
Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided
Part 3A — Transfer of projects to another approver
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Section 53(7): prescribed provision
Cases where a further initial notice may be given after cancellation of an initial notice under section 53D
Grounds for rejection of a transfer certificate and transfer report
Information to be included in transfer certificates
Period for consideration of transfer certificate and report by local authority
Part 4 — Application of Provisions of the Principal Regulations
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Part 5 — Public Bodies
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Approval of public bodies
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's notice
Public body's consultation with the fire and rescue authority
Public body's consultation with the sewerage undertaker
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's plans certificate
Effect of public body's plans certificate
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's final certificate
Events causing public body's notice to cease to be in force
Part 6 — Certificates Relating to Deposited Plans
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Part 6A — Appeals under Part 2 of the Act
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Appeals under section 55 of the Act
Appeal under section 50(2) of the Act
Part 7 — Miscellaneous Provisions
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Register of notices and certificates
Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
Electronic service of documents
Transitional provisions: interpretation
Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October 2010
Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required
Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010
Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations
Revocations and consequential amendments
Schedules
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Forms
Grounds for Rejecting an Initial Notice, an Amendment Notice, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice
Form
Drain connection
Local enactments
Where a statement setting out the details of the work...
Earlier notice
Wrong local authority
Capacity of approver
Information about the proposed work
Notice of approval
Insurance
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Independence
Grounds for Rejecting a Plans Certificate, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice
Form
Work
Optional requirements
Plans
No initial notice
Capacity of approver
Insurance
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Independence
Grounds for rejecting a transfer certificate and transfer report
Required information
Failure to comply with prescribed timescales
Either the transfer certificate or transfer report do not include...
Wrong local authority
No initial notice
Capacity of approver
Breach of section 54B
Earlier notice / accepted transfer certificate and transfer report
Local authority action and offence committed under section 35(1) of the Act
Failure to provide information requested
Grounds for Rejecting a Final Certificate
Form
Work
Optional requirements
No initial notice
Capacity of approver
Lack of fire safety information confirmation
Insurance
Independence
Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Notice, or a Combined Public Body's Notice and Plans Certificate
Form
Wrong local authority
Capacity of public body
Information about the proposed work
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Drain connection
Local enactments
Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Plans Certificate, or a Combined Public Body's Notice and Plans Certificate
Form
Work
Optional requirements
Plans
No public body's notice
Capacity of public body
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Final Certificate
Form
Work
Optional requirements
Capacity of public body
No proper signature
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Revocation of Regulations
Consequential Amendments
In the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 —
In the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England...
Other sections — not classified into a Part
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Designation of bodies to approve inspectors
Approval of inspectors
Manner of approval or designation
Approved inspector's insurance
Termination of approval or designation
Lists of approvals and designations
Functions of approvers
Independence of approvers
Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice
Invalid notices
Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice
Approver's consultation with the fire and rescue authority
Approver's consultation with the sewerage undertaker
Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate
Effect of plans certificate
Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate
Form of rejection notice and form of notice under section 51C of the Act
Notice before starting work and further notice when work is “commenced” etc.
Lapse of initial notice: commencement of work
Notification of dutyholders
Compliance declarations
Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
Cancellation of initial notice
Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations
Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work
Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided
Section 53(7): prescribed provision
Information to be included in transfer certificates
Period for consideration of transfer certificate and report by local authority
Grounds for rejection of a transfer certificate and transfer report
Cases where a further initial notice may be given after cancellation of an initial notice under section 53D
Application of regulations 20, 20A, 25A, 27, 27A, 27B, , 27C 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 , 44 and 44ZA of the Principal Regulations
Approval of public bodies
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's notice
Public body's consultation with the fire and rescue authority
Public body's consultation with the sewerage undertaker
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's plans certificate
Effect of public body's plans certificate
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's final certificate
Events causing public body's notice to cease to be in force
Certificates given under section 16(9) of the Act
Appeal under section 50(2) of the Act
Appeals under section 55 of the Act
Register of notices and certificates
Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
Electronic service of documents
Transitional provisions: interpretation
Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October 2010
Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required
Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010
Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations
Revocations and consequential amendments
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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