Schedules

Schedule 6Appeals and other determinations

4Transfer from Secretary of State to the regulator

1

Section 39 (appeal against refusal to relax building regulations) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) omit “to the Secretary of State”.

3

After that subsection insert—

1A

The appeal is to be made to—

a

the regulator, in the case of a refusal by a local authority for an area in England;

b

the tribunal, in the case of a refusal by the regulator;

c

the Welsh Ministers, in the case of a refusal by a local authority for an area in Wales.

4

Omit subsections (3) to (6).