36 Lapse of building conrol approval etc

36  Lapse of building conrol approval etc

(1)     The Building Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2)     For section 32 substitute—

“32 Lapse of building control approval

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     an application for building control approval in respect of any work is made on any day (“the relevant day”), and

(b)     the application is granted.

(2)     Where—

(a)     the work relates to one building, and

(b)     the work is not commenced within 3 years from the end of the relevant day,

the relevant provisions have effect as if the application had not been made (and the approval had not been given).

(3)     Where—

(a)     the work relates to more than one building, and

(b)     the work relating to one or more of the buildings (“the relevant work”) is not commenced within 3 years from the end of the relevant day,

the relevant provisions have effect in relation to those buildings and the relevant work as if the application had not been made (and the approval had not been given).

(4)     In subsection (1) the reference to an application for building control approval is to an application for approval of a kind mentioned in paragraph 1B(2)(a)

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