21.—(1) The Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 34 (exception to building control prohibition: emergency repair work)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(b) for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority”;
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) In this regulation “relevant authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Building Regulations 2010.”.
(3) In regulation 35 (exception to building control prohibition: work to occupied buildings)—
(a)in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)giving an application for building control approval to a building control authority;”;
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) Where an application for building control approval has been given pursuant to paragraph (1), a building control authority is not prohibited from granting a building control approval to the applicable person.”;
(c)in paragraph (5) for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority”;
(d)in paragraph (7), in the appropriate places insert—
““building control authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Building Regulations 2010;”;
““relevant authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Building Regulations 2010;”.
(4) In regulation 36 (exception to building control prohibitions: purchasers)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a) for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority”;
(b)after paragraph (6) insert—
“(7) In this regulation “relevant authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Building Regulations 2010.”.
(5) In regulation 37 (exception to building control prohibitions and modification of the Building Regulations 2010: regularisation)—
(a)in paragraph (1) for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority”;
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) In this regulation “relevant authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Building Regulations 2010.”.