C1PART 2Building control approval
CHAPTER 2Existing HRBs
Notification of emergency repairs to existing HRBI110
1
Where work to existing HRB consists only of emergency repairs and it is not practicable to comply with regulation 11(1) (building control approval for work to existing HRB) before starting the work, the client must—
a
give a notice to that effect to the regulator, describing the work and the reasons for the urgency as soon as reasonably practicable after the work has started,
b
send a copy of that notice to the responsible person as soon as reasonably practicable after the work has started, and
c
submit a regularisation certificate application to the regulator in relation to the work as soon as reasonably practicable after the work is carried out.
2
In this regulation—
“emergency repairs” means repairs to a building which are necessary to be carried out as a matter of urgency due to the risk to health, safety or welfare of persons in or about the building;
“responsible person” has the meaning given in article 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Pts. 2-6 excluded (temp.) (6.4.2024) by The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/110), regs. 1(3), 46(2)(c)