The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Transitional provision: registered building inspector

12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person may continue to work on buildings, or higher-risk buildings, until but not including 1 October 2024.

(2) A person must be a registered building inspector before 6 April 2024(1).

(3) A person—

(a) must be in the process of having their competence assessed—

(i) by an approved competence assessment scheme, and

(ii) to the required level appropriate to the work they intend to carry out, or

(b) has had their competence assessed to the required level appropriate to the work they intend to carry out and has applied to have their registration varied.

(4) Where the register provides for different classes by virtue of section 58C(2) of the 1984 Act, and paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, those classes are to be disregarded until but not including 1 October 2024.

(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply where, following the completion of a competence assessment, a person has failed their assessment at the required level appropriate to the work they intended to carry out.

(1)

See the definition of “registered building inspector” in section 58B of the Building Act 1984.