[F14A[F2(1)Building regulations may—E+W
(a)provide for requiring that, in prescribed circumstances, a person of a prescribed class or description is to give to a local authority or an approved inspector a certificate to the effect that the requirements of building regulations as to matters of a prescribed description are satisfied;
(b)provide for requiring that such certificates be given within such periods or at such times and in such forms as may be prescribed;
(c)provide that a local authority or an approved inspector is not to exercise or perform a prescribed power or duty unless—
(i)such a certificate has been given to them or him; or
(ii)such a certificate has been given to them or him and the certificate has been accepted by them or him;
(d)make provision as to—
(i)the acceptance of such certificates by local authorities and approved inspectors; and
(ii)other steps to be taken by local authorities or approved inspectors in connection with such certificates.
(2)Building regulations may provide for such certificates to be treated as evidence (but not conclusive evidence) of the matters certified.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 4A inserted (1.2.2006) by Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22), ss. 8(1), 11(3); S.I. 2006/224, art. 2(c)
F2Sch. 1 paras. 2-5 omitted (28.6.2022 for E. so far as it relates to the omission of Sch. 1 para. 5, 5.9.2023 for W. for specified purposes) by virtue of Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 83(3); S.I. 2022/561, reg. 3(f), Sch. para. 47 (with reg. 7(1)); S.I. 2023/914, reg. 2(b)(xiii), Sch. para. 32 (with reg. 9)