Amendment of the Building Regulations 20002
1
The Building Regulations 20002 shall be amended as follows.
2
In regulation 12 (giving of a building notice or deposit of plans) for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
5
A person who intends to carry out building work consisting only of the work described in column 1 of Schedule 2A is not required to give a building notice or deposit full plans if the work is to be carried out by a person described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule, and paragraphs 1 and 2 at the end of that Schedule have effect for the purposes of those descriptions.
3
In regulation 15 (notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work)—
a
for the words “A person” in paragraphs (1) to (4), there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (8), a person”; and
b
after paragraph (7) there shall be added the following paragraph—
8
Paragraphs (1) to (4) apply only to a person who is required by regulation 12 to give a building notice or deposit full plans.
4
After regulation 16 there shall be inserted the following regulation—
Provisions applicable to replacement windows, rooflights, roof windows and doors16A
1
This regulation applies where building work consists only of the installation, as a replacement, of a window, rooflight, roof window or door in an existing building and the work is carried out by a person who is registered under the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme by Fensa Ltd3 in respect of that type of work.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), “installation” includes any work which is necessary to ensure that the building work complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1.
3
Where this regulation applies, the local authority is authorised to accept, as evidence that the requirements of regulations 4 and 7 have been satisfied, a certificate to that effect by the person carrying out the building work.
4
Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the building work shall, not more than 10 days after that work has been completed, give the local authority—
a
notice to that effect; or
b
the certificate referred to in paragraph (3).
5
In regulation 20 (supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities) in paragraph (1) after “16” there shall be inserted “16A,”.
6
After Schedule 2 there shall be inserted Schedule 2A which is set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.