47 Giving and acceptance of initial notice.E+W
(1)If—
(a)a notice in the prescribed form (called an “initial notice”) is given jointly to a local authority by a person intending to carry out work and a person who is an approved inspector in relation to that work,
(b)the initial notice is accompanied by such plans of the work as may be prescribed,
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(d)the initial notice is accepted by the local authority,
then, so long as the initial notice continues in force, the approved inspector by whom the notice was given shall undertake such functions as may be prescribed with respect to the inspection of plans of the work [F2to which the notice relates], the supervision of that work and the giving [F3and receiving] of certificates and other notices.
(2)A local authority to whom an initial notice is given—
(a)may not reject the notice except on prescribed grounds, and
(b)shall reject the notice if any of the prescribed grounds exists,
and, in a case where the work to which an inital notice relates is work of such a description that, if plans of it had been deposited with the local authority, the authority could, under any enactment, have imposed requirements as a condition of passing the plans, the local authority may impose the like requirements as a condition of accepting the initial notice.
(3)Unless, within the prescribed period, the local authority to whom an initial notice is given give notice of rejection, specifying the ground or grounds in question, to each of the persons by whom the initial notice was give, the authority is conclusively presumed to have accepted the initial notice and to have done so without imposing any such requirements as are referred to in subsection (2) above.
(4)An initial notice—
(a)comes into force when it is accepted by the local authority, either by notice given within the prescribed period to each of the persons by whom it was given or by virtue of subsection (3) above, and
(b)subject to section 51(3) below, continues in force until—
(i)it is cancelled by a notice under section 52 below, or
(ii)the occurrence of, or the expiry of a prescribed period of time beginning on the date of, such event as may be prescribed;
and building regulations may empower a local authority to extend (whether before or after its expiry) any such period of time as is referred to in paragraph (ii) above.
(5)The form prescribed for an initial notice may be such as to require—
(a)either or both of the persons by whom the notice is to be given to furnish information relevant for the purposes of this Act, Part II or IV of the M1Public Health Act 1936 or any provision of building regulations, and
(b)the approved inspector by whom the notice is to be given to enter into undertakings with respect to his performance of any of the functions referred to in subsection (1) above.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 47(1)(c) omitted (28.7.2022) by virtue of Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 48(2)(a), 170(4)(b)(c); S.I. 2022/561, reg. 4; S.I. 2022/774, reg. 2
F2Words in s. 47(1) substituted (14.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/1905, art. 3(2)(a)
F3Words in s. 47(1) inserted (1.2.2006) by Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22), ss. 8(2), 11(3); S.I. 2006/224, art. 2(c)
F4S. 47(6) omitted (28.7.2022) by virtue of Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 48(2)(b), 170(4)(b)(c); S.I. 2022/561, reg. 4; S.I. 2022/774, reg. 2
F5S. 47(7) omitted (28.7.2022) by virtue of Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 48(2)(b), 170(4)(b)(c); S.I. 2022/561, reg. 4; S.I. 2022/774, reg. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 47 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 58(9)
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