Exception to building control prohibition: emergency repair work
34.—(1) Where an applicable person proposes to carry out building work which consists of emergency repair work then, subject to paragraph (2), the provision by them of a building notice pursuant to regulation 12(8) of the Building Regulations 2010 is not to be treated as a breach of a building control prohibition.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies only where—
(a)each of the criteria in regulation 12(8)(a) to (c) of the Building Regulations 2010 are satisfied;
(b)the applicable person gives the local authority the relevant building notice as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of the work and explains on giving that notice—
(i)that they are an applicable person but that this provision applies to them; and
(ii)the nature of the emergency repairs required to be undertaken.