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37.—(1) A relevant purchaser is not prohibited from giving an application for a certificate under regulation 18 (unauthorised building work) of the Building Regulations 2010 and a local authority is not prohibited from granting such a certificate.
(2) In this regulation “relevant purchaser” means—
(a)any purchaser or owner of an individual dwelling built by an applicable person, or
(b)any purchaser or owner of any building or any part of a building built by an applicable person,
provided that the relevant purchaser is not in the same group as the applicable person and the purchase is an arm’s length transaction where the purchaser acquired the dwelling or building or part of a building in the ordinary course of business (where applicable), at market value and on arm’s length terms.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), regulation 18 of the Building Regulations 2010 is to have effect in relation to an application for a certificate under that regulation by a relevant purchaser as if any work carried out by an applicable person which was not unauthorised building work (within the meaning set out in that regulation) were treated as if it were unauthorised building work.
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