33 Building regulations

33  Building regulations

In Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984 (building regulations) after paragraph 1 insert—

“Procedural requirements etc: general

1A

(1)     Building regulations may make provision about the procedure that may or must be followed in relation to any work.

(2)     The regulations may in particular make provision for and in connection with—

(a)     the giving of notices;

(b)     the making of applications to building control authorities;

(c)     the giving or receipt of certificates;

(d)     requiring a prescribed person, in prescribed circumstances, to consult such other person as may be prescribed.

(3)     The regulations may—

(a)     confer on a building control authority a power to require a person to notify the authority of specified matters by the specified time;

(b)     provide that in prescribed circumstances an application is treated as granted or is treated as refused;

(c)     make provision about the effect of the grant of an application;

(d)     make provision about the effect of certificates;

(e)     require a person consulted to give a substantive response to the consultation before the end of a prescribed period.

(4)     In sub-paragraph (3)(a) “specified” means specified by the building control authority.

Applications for building control approval

1B

(1)

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