Part 3: Building Act 1984 Building control approvers and building inspectors Section 42: Regulation of building control profession Effect in Wales
The provisions relating to the registration and ongoing regulation of building inspectors and building control approvers will apply in Wales save that "regulatory authority" in Wales will be the Welsh Ministers. Section 58Y enables the regulatory authority (being the Welsh Ministers for Wales) to delegate some or all of the regulatory authority’s registration functions under sections 58B to 58X to be undertaken by another person. The power to set and oversee operational standards for both approvers and local authorities in Wales will rest with Welsh Ministers as the regulatory authority. This includes powers to require the provision of periodic and particular information, investigative powers, the issue of improvement and contravention notices, and inspections. Welsh Ministers will have powers in relation to the deregistration of an approver in the face of significant contravention (powers to transfer local authority functions already exist in the current act).