PART 2Building control approval
CHAPTER 1New HRBs
Building control approval for HRB work or stage of HRB work3
Before any person starts HRB work or starts a stage of HRB work, the client in relation to that work (in this Chapter “the applicant”) must—
a
submit an application for building control approval in relation to the work to the regulator (a “building control approval application for HRB work” or, where the work is done in stages, a “building control approval application for a stage of HRB work”) in accordance with regulation 4 (building control approval applications for HRB work or stage of HRB work),
b
be granted building control approval for the work,
c
fulfil those requirements, if any, which in accordance with the building control approval must be fulfilled before the work or, as the case maybe, the stage of the work is started, and
d
notify the regulator of the date on which the work or the stage of the work is to start in accordance with regulation 9(2) (notice before starting on site and further notice when work is “commenced”).