Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1998/2332
Year1998

1998 No. 2332

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Made 21th September 1998

Laid before Parliament 28th September 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1), 47(4) and (5), 49(1) and (5), and paragraph 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
S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force as follows–

(a) regulation 7, and regulation 2 so far as it relates to regulation 7, on 1st December 1998;

(b) the remainder, on 1st March 1999.

Amendments to the Regulations

Amendments to the Regulations

S-2 The Building (Approved Inspectors etc. ) Regulations 1985 ...

2. The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 19852(“the 1985 regulations”) shall be amended as follows.

S-3 For regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following– 3...

3. For regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following–

S-3

Approval of Inspectors

3.—(1) Where the Secretary of State has designated a body in accordance with regulation 4 (referred to in these regulations as a “designated body”), a person seeking to be an approved inspector shall apply to a designated body giving particulars of:

(a)

(a) in the case of a person other than a body corporate, his qualifications and experience; and

(b)

(b) in the case of a body corporate, the number, qualifications and experience of the people to be employed in the discharge of its functions under these regulations,

and the person shall answer any inquiries which that designated body makes about those matters.

(2) Where there is no designated body, a person seeking to be an approved inspector shall apply to the Secretary of State giving particulars of:

(a)

(a) in the case of a person other than a body corporate, his qualifications and experience; and

(b)

(b) in the case of a body corporate, the number, qualifications and experience of the people to be employed in the discharge of its functions under these regulations,

and the person shall answer any inquiries which the Secretary of State makes about those matters.”

Designation of bodies to approve inspectors
S-4 Designation of bodies to approve inspectors

Designation of bodies to approve inspectors

4. In regulation 4 the words “(referred to in these regulations as “a designated body”)” shall be deleted.

Termination of approval or designation
S-5 Termination of approval or designation

Termination of approval or designation

5. In regulation 6(1) after the words “a designated body” there shall be added “or by the Secretary of State”.

Lists of approvals and designations
S-6 Lists of approvals and designations

Lists of approvals and designations

6. In regulation 7(4), after the words “shall indicate the date”, the words “, if any,” shall be deleted.

Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force
S-7 Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force

Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force

7. In regulation 16(2)(i), for the words “a period of one day” there shall be substituted the words “a period of four weeks”.

Forms
S-8 Forms

Forms

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