Part 3: Building Act 1984 Building control approvers and building inspectors Section 44: Functions exercisable only through, or with advice of, registered building inspectors Background
This section inserts new sections 46A and 54A into the Building Act 1984.
Example 1: Local authority
A local authority wishes to issue a final completion certificate on a building. The local authority will be required to obtain advice from a registered building inspector (who may or may not be directly employed by them) who provides advice. Some local authorities will have an in-house team who will provide all such advice, but some local authorities who do not have significant amounts of certain building developments may obtain this advice from the inspector employed in another local authority or in the private sector. The local authority will then consider the advice received and make a decision on whether or not to issue the completion certificate.
Example 2: Building Safety Regulator
The Building Safety Regulator is reviewing full plans and giving building control approval under the new construction Gateway two arrangements for higher-risk buildings. Before deciding whether to allow construction to start, it will be required to obtain advice from a registered building inspector on whether the work to create a higher-risk building shown in the Gateway two application (the proposed plans etc.) complies with the technical requirements of the building regulations. The Building Safety Regulator will then consider the registered building inspector’s advice before making a decision on whether or not to grant building control approval.
Example 3: Registered building control approver
A registered building control approver wishes to issue a plans certificate for a building. It will be required to obtain advice from a registered building inspector on whether the building work shown in the proposed plans complies with the technical requirements of the building regulations. The registered building control approver will then consider the registered building inspector’s advice before making a decision on whether or not to issue the plans certificate.
Example 4: Restricted Activities
A registered building control approver wishes to carry out an inspection to check for compliance of an element of the work with the technical requirements of the building regulations. Where such an inspection is a prescribed activity, the registered building control approver must use a registered building inspector who has the appropriate registration type for the building work and building to be inspected, to carry out the inspection.