The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Regulations 2023

Amendments to the County of Kent Act 1981

8.—(1) The County of Kent Act 1981(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “the Act of 1980” insert—

““application for building control approval” means an application in accordance with building regulations for building control approval (as defined in paragraph 1B of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984);”.

(3) In section 53 (access for fire brigade)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “plans for the erection or extension of a building are deposited with” substitute “an application for building control approval for the erection or extension of a building is made to”;

(ii) for “reject the plans” substitute “reject the application”;

(iii) for “plans show” substitute “application shows”;

(b) for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) A person aggrieved by the action of the district council in rejecting an application for building control approval under this section may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.”.

(4) In section 76(7) (orders for insulating new buildings)—

(a) for “Where plans” substitute “Where an application for building control approval”;

(b) for “are, in accordance with building regulations, deposited with” substitute “is, in accordance with building regulations, made to”;

(c) for “reject the plans” substitute “reject the application”.

(5) Omit section 78 (approval of plan to be void after certain interval).

(1)

1981 c. xviii.