PART 3Planning and Building Control Prohibitions
CHAPTER 3Building Control Prohibitions
F1Exception to building control prohibition: emergency repair work to existing HRB34A
1
Where an applicable person proposes to carry out work to existing HRB which consists of emergency repairs then—
a
the provision by them of a notice under regulation 10(1)(a) (notification of emergency repairs to existing HRB) of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023, and
b
an application for a certificate in relation to that work under regulation 47 (regularisation of unauthorised building work) of those Regulations,
are not to be treated as a breach of the building control prohibition.
2
Where paragraph (1) applies, the regulator is not prohibited from giving the applicable person a certificate under regulation 47 (regularisation of unauthorised building work) of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023.
3
In this regulation—
“emergency repairs” has the meaning given in regulation 10(2) of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023;
“the regulator” has the meaning in section 126 of the Building Act 1984;
“work to existing HRB” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023.