Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/1387 |
1995 No. 1387
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1995
Made 31th May 1995
Laid before Parliament 6th June 1995
Coming into force 1st July 1995
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), 16(9), 17(1) and (6), 35, 47(1), (2), (3) and (4), 49(5), 50(1), (4), (6) and (7), 51(1) and 52(2) of, and paragraphs 1(b), 2(d), 3, 7 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 19841and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st July 1995.
Amendments
2. The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 19852shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Termination of approval or designation
3. In regulation 6, in paragraph (4), delete “(other than a body corporate)” and, after “by whom the approval was given”, substitute “may” for “shall”.
Initial notice
4. In regulation 8(4), for “ten”, substitute “five”.
Independence of approved inspectors
5. In regulation 9(5), at the end, add—
“or (c) work involving the underpinning of a building;”.
Functions of approved inspectors
6. In regulation 10(1), for sub-paragraph (c), substitute “the requirements of regulation 10A are complied with.”.
Energy ratings
7. After regulation 10, insert—
“Energy ratings
10A.—(1) In this regulation, “building work” and “material change of use” have the meanings given in regulations 3(1) and 5 respectively of the Building Regulations 19913.
(2) Where a new dwelling is created by building work or by a material change of use in connection with which building work is carried out, the person carrying out the building work shall, if he has not already done so under paragraph (3) or (4) below, calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and shall not later than five days after completion of the dwelling give notice of that rating to the approved inspector who gave the initial notice in relation to the dwelling.
(3) Where the work described in an initial notice includes the erection of a new dwelling, and—
(a)
(a) the dwelling is occupied, and
(b)
(b) no final certificate is given,
the person carrying out the work shall calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and shall not later than eight weeks beginning with the date of occupation give notice of that rating to the approved inspector who gave the initial notice in relation to the dwelling.
(4) Where the building work described in an initial notice is in connection with a material change of use in relation to a dwelling, and
(a)
(a) that change of use takes place, and
(b)
(b) no final certificate is given,
the person carrying out the work shall calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and shall not later than eight weeks beginning with the date on which the change of use takes place give notice of that rating to the approved inspector who gave the initial notice in relation to the dwelling.”.
Period for rejecting plans certificate
8. In regulation 13(3), for “ten”, substitute “five”.
Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
9.—(1) In...
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