C1C2C3C4C5C8C6C7 Part I Building Regulations

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art. 4(1)

C4

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) excluded (18. 12. 1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 38, Sch. 10 para.7P

Pt. I (ss. 1-46) excluded (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 4(5) (subject to art. 1(3))

C5

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-46) excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 14 para. 8

F13Building control approval

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

25 Provision of water supply.

1

Where F5plans of a house are, in accordance with building regulations, deposited withF5an application for building control approval in respect of a house is made to a F14building control authority, the authority shall reject F11the plansF11the application unless a proposal is put before them that appears to them to be satisfactory for providing the occupants of the house with a supply of wholesome water sufficient for their domestic purposes—

a

by connecting the house to a supply of water in pipes provided by . . . F1 water undertakers,

b

if in all the circumstances it is not reasonable to require the house to be connected as aforesaid, by otherwise taking water into the house by means of a pipe, or

c

if in all the circumstances neither of the preceding alternatives can reasonably be required, by providing a supply of water within a reasonable distance of the house,

and the authority are satisfied that the proposal can and will be carried into effect.

2

Any question arising under subsection (1) above between a F14building control authority and the person by whom, or on whose behalf, F6plans are depositedF6an application for building control approval is made as to whether the F14building control authority ought to F7pass the plansF7grant the application may on the application of that person be determined by F8the appropriate court or tribunal.

3

If, after any such F9plans as aforesaid have been passedF9application has been granted, it appears to the F14building control authority that the proposal for providing a supply of water—

a

has not been carried into effect, or

b

has not resulted in a supply of wholesome water sufficient for the domestic purposes of the occupants,

the authority shall give notice to the owner of the house prohibiting him from occupying it, or permitting it to be occupied, until the authority, being satisfied that such a supply has been provided, have granted him a certificate to that effect.

4

Until a certificate is granted under subsection (3) above, the owner shall not occupy the house or permit it to be occupied.

5

A person aggrieved by the refusal of the authority to grant such a certificate may apply to F12the appropriate court or tribunal for an order authorising the occupation of the house, and, if the court F10or tribunal is of opinion that a certificate ought to have been granted, the court F10or tribunal may make an order authorising the occupation of the house, and such an order shall have the like effect as a certificate of the F14building control authority.

6

A person who contravenes subsection (4) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale and to a further fine not exceeding £2 for each day on which the offence continues after he is convicted.

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F3Section 67 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (standards of wholesomeness of water) and any regulations made under that section shall apply for the purposes of subsection (1) above as they apply for the purposes of F4Chapter III of Part III of that Act.