Completion certificate applications: validity and time limitE+W
41.—(1) Where the regulator receives a completion certificate application in relation to HRB work, a stage of HRB work or work to existing HRB which is valid the regulator must—
(a)notify the applicant to that effect, and
(b)determine it within 8 weeks beginning with the date the application is received by the regulator or within such longer period as at any time the regulator and the applicant agree in writing.
(2) Where the regulator receives a completion certificate application which is not valid the regulator must notify the applicant to that effect giving reasons (and where the applicant is not the client, also give a copy of the notification to the client).
(3) A completion certificate application is valid if it complies with regulation 40 (completion certificate applications).