Welsh Statutory Instrument
2024
Wales
The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024
At a glance
What's here
16 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 4
- Contractor 3
Plus 9 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
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Contractors also bound by 178 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 2015 137 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 2015 134 duties
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 2015 114 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 2023 93 duties
- The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 2004 87 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — General
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Interpretation
Part 2 — Registered building control approvers
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Independence of approvers
Functions of approvers
Modification of the 2010 Regulations etc.
Part 3 — Notices and certificates etc.
Browse 11 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice
Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice
Consultation with the fire and rescue authority
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 notice under section 51C of the 1984 Act
Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
Cancellation of initial notice: forms etc.
Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations
Part 4 — Transfer of projects back to local authority
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work
Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided
Part 5 — Transfer of projects to another approver
Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
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
Part 6 — Public Bodies
Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
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 7 — Registers of notices etc.
Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Register of notices and certificates
Registration periods
Contravention of professional conduct rules
Interim suspension for suspected serious contravention
Appealing a decision made by the Welsh Ministers
Part 8 — Miscellaneous
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
Consequential amendment to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Consequential amendments to the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010
Consequential amendment to the 2010 Regulations
Consequential amendments to the Building (Restricted Activities and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Revocations, transitional and savings provisions
Schedules
Independence
- Include independence declaration on certificate Contractor
Browse 67 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Forms
Grounds for rejecting an initial notice, an amendment notice, or a plans certificate combined with an initial notice
Form
Drain connection
Local enactments
Earlier notice
Wrong local authority
Capacity of approver
Additionally, in the case of an amendment notice, the person...
Breach of section 54B
Information about the proposed work
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Independence
Grounds for rejecting a plans certificate or plans certificate combined with an initial notice
Form
Independence
Wrong local authority
Work
Plans
No initial notice
Capacity of approver
Breach of section 54B
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Grounds for rejecting a final certificate
Form
Wrong local authority
Work
No initial notice
Capacity of approver
Breach of section 54B
Lack of fire safety information confirmation
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
Local authority action
Failure to provide information requested
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
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
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
Capacity of public body
No proper signature
Fire and rescue authority
Sewerage undertaker
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.
Independence of approvers
- Ensure independence from projects you supervise Any Person
Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must decide on building control notices within 5 working days Local authority
Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must reject invalid amendment notices within 5 working days Local authority
Consultation with the fire and rescue authority
- Registered building control approvers must consult fire and rescue authority on fire safety building work Any Person
Consultation with the sewerage undertaker
- Building approvers must consult sewerage undertakers on drainage work Contractor
Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must process Building Control final certificates within 10 days Local authority
Form of notice under section 51C of the 1984 Act
- Use Form 8(W) when changing the person carrying out building work Any Person
Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations
- Approvers must notify you of building regulation breaches before cancellation Contractor
Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided
- Registered Building Control Approvers must provide work information to authorities Any Person
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body’s notice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must decide on public body notices within 10 working days Local authority
Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body’s plans certificate
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must notify rejection of building plans within 10 working days Local authority
Register of notices and certificates
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must maintain a public register of building control notices Local authority
Contravention of professional conduct rules
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Welsh Ministers must notify local authorities of disciplinary orders Crown / Minister / Government department
Interim suspension for suspected serious contravention
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Welsh Ministers must notify local authorities of interim suspensions Crown / Minister / Government department
Appealing a decision made by the Welsh Ministers
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Magistrates’ court must determine appeals against Welsh Ministers Tribunal / Court
Browse 27 other sections
Title, coming into force and application
Interpretation
Functions of approvers
Modification of the 2010 Regulations etc.
Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate
Effect of plans certificate
Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
Cancellation of initial notice: forms etc.
Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work
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
Approval of public bodies
Public body’s consultation with the fire and rescue authority
Public body’s consultation with the sewerage undertaker
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
Registration periods
Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
Consequential amendment to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Consequential amendments to the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010
Consequential amendment to the 2010 Regulations
Consequential amendments to the Building (Restricted Activities and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Revocations, transitional and savings provisions
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