The Building Regulations 2010

Regulations 12(6)(a) and 20(1)

SCHEDULE 3E+WSelf-certification Schemes and Exemptions from Requirement to Give Building Notice or Deposit Full Plans

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

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Type of Work

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Person carrying out work

1. Installation of a heat-producing gas appliance. This paragraph does not apply to the provision of a masonry chimney.A person, or an employee of a person, who is a member of a class of persons approved in accordance with regulation 3 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.

2. Installation of—

(a) an oil-fired combustion appliance; or

(b) oil storage tanks and the pipes connecting them to combustion appliances. This paragraph does not apply to the provision of a masonry chimney.

A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, F3F1..., NAPIT Registration Limited, Oil Firing Technical Association Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
3. Installation of a solid fuel-burning combustion appliance other than a biomass appliance. This paragraph does not apply to the provision of a masonry chimney.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, HETAS Limited, NAPIT Registration Limited, Oil Firing Technical Association Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
4. Installation of a heating or hot water system, or its associated controls.A person, or an employee of a person, who is a member of a class of persons approved in accordance with regulation 3 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, or a person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Benchmark Certification Limited, Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, HETAS Limited, NAPIT Registration Limited, Oil Firing Technical Association Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
5. Installation of a mechanical ventilation or air conditioning system or associated controls, in a building other than a dwelling, that does not involve work on a system shared with parts of the building occupied separately.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
6. Installation of an air conditioning or ventilation system in a dwelling, that does not involve work on a system shared with other dwellings.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
7. Installation of an energy efficient lighting system or electric heating system, or associated electrical controls, in buildings other than dwellings.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
8. Installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations in dwellings.A person registered in respect of that type of work by [F4BSI Assurance UK Limited,] Benchmark Certification Limited, Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, Oil Firing Technical Association Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
9. Installation of fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations in dwellings, as a necessary adjunct to or arising out of other work being carried out by the registered person.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Benchmark Certification Limited, Blue Flame Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
10. Installation, as a replacement, of a window, rooflight, roof window or door in an existing dwelling.A person registered in respect of that type of work by BM Trada Certification Limited, [F5BSI Assurance UK Limited,] Blue Flame Certification Limited, CERTASS Limited, Certsure LLP, by Fensa Limited under the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme, by NAPIT Registration Limited, Network VEKA Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
11. Installation, as a replacement, of a window, rooflight, roof window or door in an existing building other than a dwelling. This paragraph does not apply to glass which is load bearing or structural or which forms part of glazed curtain walling or a revolving door.A person registered in respect of that type of work by BM Trada Certification Limited, Blue Flame Certification Limited, CERTASS Limited, Certsure LLP, by Fensa Limited under the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme, by NAPIT Registration Limited, Network VEKA Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
12. Installation of a sanitary convenience, sink, washbasin, bidet, fixed bath, shower or bathroom in a dwelling, that does not involve work on shared or underground drainage.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Benchmark Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, HETAS Limited, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
13. Installation of a wholesome cold water supply or a softened wholesome cold water supply.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Benchmark Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, HETAS Limited, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
14. Installation of a supply of non-wholesome water to a sanitary convenience fitted with a flushing device, that does not involve work on shared or underground drainage.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Benchmark Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, HETAS Limited, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.

15. Installation in a building of a system to produce electricity, heat or cooling—

(a) by microgeneration; or

(b) from renewable sources (as defined in Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources).

A person registered in respect of that type of work by Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (Certification) Limited, Benchmark Certification Limited, Building Engineering Services Competence Assessment Limited, Certsure LLP, HETAS Limited, NAPIT Registration Limited, Oil Firing Technical Association Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
16. Installation, as a replacement, of the covering of a pitched or flat roof and work carried out by the registered person as a necessary adjunct to that installation. This paragraph does not apply to the installation of solar panels.A person registered in respect of that type of work by NAPIT Registration Limited or the National Federation of Roofing Contractors Limited.
17. Insertion of insulating material into the cavity walls of an existing building.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, CERTASS Limited, [F1The] Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency F6F1... under the Cavity Wall Insulation Self Certification Scheme, by Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
18. Installation of insulating material to the internal walls of a building, not including the installation of flexible thermal linings.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, British Board of Agrément, CERTASS Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
19. Installation of insulating material to the external walls of a building, not including insulation of demountable-clad buildings.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, British Board of Agrément, CERTASS Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited, or Stroma Certification Limited.
20. Installation of insulating material to the external and internal walls of a building (“hybrid insulation”), not including insulation of demountable-clad buildings, and not including the installation of flexible thermal linings.A person registered in respect of that type of work by Blue Flame Certification Limited, British Board of Agrément, CERTASS Limited, Certsure LLP, NAPIT Registration Limited or Stroma Certification Limited.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 3 Table substituted (except for the reference to "HETAS Limited" in column 2 of para. 2) (with minor differences in punctuation and a reference to "The Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency" rather than "Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency Limited" in column 2 of para. 17) (W. for remaining purposes) (31.7.2015) by The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1486), regs. 1(3)(a), 3, Sch. (with reg. 1(2))

F2Sch. 3 Table substituted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (18.4.2015) by The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/767), reg. 1(4)(a), Sch. 1 (with reg. 1(3))

F3Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 omitted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/285), regs. 1(4), 2(19)(a) (with reg. 1(3))

F4Words in Sch. 3 para. 8 omitted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (1.5.2016) by virtue of The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/285), regs. 1(5), 2(19)(b) (with reg. 1(3))

F5Words in Sch. 3 para. 10 omitted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (1.5.2016) by virtue of The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/285), regs. 1(5), 2(19)(b) (with reg. 1(3))

F6Word in Sch. 3 para. 17 omitted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/285), regs. 1(4), 2(19)(c) (with reg. 1(3))