The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024

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.

(1)

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.

(2)

Section 58N was inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act.

(3)

S.I. 2005/1541, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

Part 2A of the 1984 Act was inserted by section 42 of the 2022 Act.

(5)

1991 c. 56.