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2B. The following regulations do not apply to higher-risk building work—
(a)regulation 12 (giving of a building notice or an application for building control approval);
(b)regulation 13 (particulars and plans where a building notice is given);
(c)regulation 14 (applications for building control approval with full plans);
(d)regulations 14A (determination of applications for building control approval with full plans);
(e)regulation 14B (appeal against a local authority’s rejection of an application for building control approval);
(f)regulation 14C (appeal against the regulator’s rejection of an application for building control approval for work that is not higher-risk building work);
(g)regulation 15 (consultation with sewerage undertaker);
(h)regulation 15A (consultation in relation to fire safety);
(i)regulation 16 (notices in relation to building work);
(j)regulation 17 (completion certificates);
(k)regulation 17A (certificate for building occupied before work is completed);
(l)regulation 18 (unauthorised building work);
(m)regulation 18A (appeal against local authority’s refusal to grant certain certificates);
(n)regulation 18B (appeal to regulator in relation to certain decisions);
(o)regulation 19 (supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities);
(p)regulation 38 (fire safety information);
(q)regulation 39 (information about ventilation);
(r)regulation 40 (information about use of fuel and power);
(s)regulation 40A (information about systems for on-site generation of electricity);
(t)regulation 40B (information about overheating).]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 2A, 2B inserted (E.) (1.10.2023) by The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/911), regs. 1(2), 4 (with regs. 22-24)
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