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.