PART 1General
Title, coming into force and application
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 January 2025.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1984 Act” (“Deddf 1984”) means the Building Act 1984;
“the 2010 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2010”) means the Building Regulations 2010(1);
“amendment notice” (“hysbysiad diwygio”) has the meaning given by section 51A of the 1984 Act;
“approver” (“cymeradwywr”) means a registered building control approver within the meaning of section 58N of the 1984 Act(2);
“building” (“adeilad”) has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Regulations;
“building regulations” (“rheoliadau adeiladu”) has the meaning given by section 122 of the 1984 Act;
“building work” (“gwaith adeiladu”) has the meaning as given by regulation 3(1) of the 2010 Regulations;
“dwelling” (“annedd”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Regulations;
“erection” (“codi”) has the same meaning as given in section 123 of the 1984 Act;
“fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub”) means the enforcing authority within the meaning given by article 25 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005(3);
“FSO building” (“adeilad GDT”) means a building or any part of it to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, or will apply after the completion of building work;
“initial notice” (“hysbysiad cychwynnol”) has the meaning given by section 47(1)(a) of the 1984 Act;
“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the council of a county or county borough;
“material alteration” (“addasiad sylweddol”) has the meaning given by regulation 3(2) of the 2010 Regulations;
“material change of use” (“newid defnydd sylweddol”) has the meaning given by regulation 5 of the 2010 Regulations;
“plans certificate” (“tystysgrif blaniau”) has the meaning given by section 50(1) of the 1984 Act;
“public body” (“corff cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by section 54(1) of the 1984 Act;
“public body’s final certificate” (“tystysgrif derfynol corff cyhoeddus”) means a certificate given under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the 1984 Act;
“public body’s notice” (“hysbysiad corff cyhoeddus”) means a notice given under section 54(1)(c) of the 1984 Act;
“public body’s plans certificate” (“tystysgrif blaniau corff cyhoeddus”) means a certificate given under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 of the 1984 Act;
“registered building inspector” (“arolygydd cofrestredig adeiladu”) means an individual registered as a building inspector in accordance with Part 2A of the 1984 Act(4);
“sewerage undertaker” (“ymgymerwr carthffosiaeth”) means a person appointed under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991(5) for the area in which the building is, or is to be, situated;
“transfer certificate” (“tystysgrif drosglwyddo”) means a certificate given in accordance with section 53B of the 1984 Act;
“transfer report” (“adroddiad trosglwyddo”) means a report given in accordance with section 53B of the 1984 Act.
(2) Where any provision in these Regulations requires the use of a numbered form in Schedule 1, a form substantially to the like effect may be used.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the carrying out of work includes a reference to the making of a material change of use.
(4) Any reference in these Regulations to an initial notice (whether or not combined with a plans certificate) is to be construed as a reference to that initial notice as amended by an amendment notice which has been accepted by a local authority.
S.I. 2010/2214, as amended by S.I. 2012/3119, 2013/1959, 2014/110 (W. 10), 2015/767, 2016/285, and 2018/1230. There are other amending instruments, but none is relevant to this instrument.
Section 58N was inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act.
S.I. 2005/1541, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
Part 2A of the 1984 Act was inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act.