Building Control Act 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1966 c. 27 |
| Year | 1966 |
the work is authorised by a licence issued under this Act by the F2Secretary of State (hereafter in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) ; orthe work is exempt from control by virtue of any of the following provisions of this Act.(2) A licence under this Act may be issued subject to conditions or limitations, and in particular may be limited so as to authorise the carrying out of some, but not all, of the work for which a licence is sought.(3) Any licence under this Act in respect of any work shall be issued to the person at whose expense the work is to be carried out, and the licence shall operate to authorise only work carried out at the expense of that person or, in the event of his death, at the expense of his personal representatives acting as such.(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6) of this section, if any work is carried out in contravention of this section, or if any condition or limitation attached to a licence issued under this Act in respect of any work is contravened, the person at whose expense the work is carried out and (where he is not the same person) the person undertaking the carrying out of the work, and (in either case) any architect, engineer or surveyor employed in a supervisory capacity in connection with the carrying out of the work, shall each be guilty of an offence under this section.that any limit as to cost having effect in relation to the work by virtue of section 2 of this Act or of a licence issued under this Act has been exceeded; orthat any other condition or limitation having effect in relation to the work under such a licence has been contravened,(6) A person undertaking the carrying out of any work (where he is not the person at whose expense it is carried out) and an architect, engineer or surveyor employed in a supervisory capacity in connection with the carrying out of any work shall not be guilty of an offence under this section if he proves that at the time when the work was carried out he did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the work was being carried out in contravention of this section or of the terms of a licence issued under this Act.on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred pounds;on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section by reason of the contravention of a condition or limitation attached to a licence, the Minister may revoke the licence, but shall not do so until the time for bringing an appeal against the conviction has expired or, if such an appeal is brought, until it is abandoned or finally determined.in reckoning any period within which he is required to carry out that work, no account shall be taken of the time during which his application is pending; andhe shall not be treated as having acted in contravention of that enactment by reason of his failure to carry out that work in so far as the failure to carry it out is attributable to the refusal of his application or to any condition or limitation subject to which the licence applied for is granted.(11) Where a person contracts to carry out any work to which this Act applies, that person shall not be precluded from recovering payment for the work under the contract by reason only that it was carried out in contravention of this section or of the terms of a licence issued under this Act if he proves that at the time when the work was carried out he did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that it was being carried out in contravention of this section or, as the case may be, of the terms of the licence.(12) Any reference in this section to contravention of a condition includes a reference to failure to comply with a condition.in the case of work done in the construction of a building or of any works, the cost of constructing the building or works; orin the case of work done in the alteration of a building or of any works, the cost of making the alteration,any work has been done in the construction of another building or other works contiguous or adjacent to the building or works mentioned in that paragraph hereafter in this subsection referred to as the “relevant building or works”) ; andthat work was done not earlier than two years before the work mentioned in that paragraph; andare, or are to be, used for the purposes of the same undertaking; orhave been, or are to be, constructed at the expense of the same person,(3) If in a case falling within paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, any other work has been done in the construction or alteration of the building or works mentioned in that paragraph not earlier than two years before the work mentioned in that paragraph, there shall be added to the cost mentioned in that paragraph, where the other work was done in the construction of the building or works, the cost of constructing the building or works and, where it was done in the alteration of the building or works, the cost of making the alteration.the cost of preparing the site of the building or works for the purposes of the construction or alteration, exclusive of the cost of demolishing anything previously on the site;the cost of constructing on that site or on land to be occupied therewith any ancillary works required for the building or works, including, in particular, works required for the purpose of providing water, light, heating or other services, fences and means of access;the cost of the land on which the building or works are, or are to be, situated; andany fees paid to an architect, engineer or surveyor or otherwise in respect of professional services.
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