Building Act 1984, Section 56A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The regulator must establish and maintain a facility (the “facility”) to enable a specified person to give specified relevant information to another person by electronic communication.
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations require or authorise a specified person to use the facility when giving specified relevant information to another person.
(3)Any information given to a person in accordance with regulations made under subsection (2) is to be treated for the purposes of section 56B (requirement to keep register) as also having been given to the regulator.
(4)Regulations under this section may require a person who is given specified relevant information otherwise than through the facility to give that information to the regulator using the facility.
(5)Regulations under this section may make provision treating specified relevant information that is given using the facility as having been given in the prescribed form for the purposes of this Part.
(6)In this section—
“relevant information” means information that is required or authorised to be given by this Part or regulations made under it;
“specified” means specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State under this section.
(7)In this section and section 56B—
“information” includes documents;
“documents” includes notices, certificates, orders, consents, demands and plans.
(8)The Secretary of State may make regulations under this section only in relation to England.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 56A-56C inserted (6.4.2023 for specified purposes) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 53(1), 170(4)(c); S.I. 2023/362, reg. 3(1)(v)
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