The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988
S.I. 1988/871 · Made 11 May 1988
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
Made 11th May 1988
Laid before Parliament 20th May 1988
Coming into force 13th June 1988
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 3, 16(10), 34, 35, 50(3) and 126f1 of, and paragraphs 2, 5 and 10(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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See the definition of “prescribed”.
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Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985
- 3Transitional Provisions
- 4Revocations
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 13th June 1988.
2Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985
The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985f1 are amended as follows—
in Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—
for “£75” in paragraphs 2 and 5, “£80”, and
for Tables 1 and 2, the following Tables—
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TABLE 1
Plan fee for erection of small domestic building
(1) (2) Number of dwellings Amount of, or for determining, plan fee £ 1 48 2 96 3 144 4 192 5 240 6 273 7 305 8 337 9 369 10 401 11 417 12 433 13 449 14 465 15 481 16 497 17 513 18 529 19 545 20 or more 561 TABLE 2
Inspection fee for erection of small domestic building
(1) (2) Number of dwellings each having a total floor area exceeding 64mu22 Amount for determining inspection fee £ 1 48 2 96 3 144 4 192 5 240 6 257 7 273 8 289 9 305 10 or more 321 ”
in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted—
in paragraph 1 for “£10”, “£30” and “£40” respectively, “£11”, “£33” and “£44”, and
for the Table in paragraph 2, the following Table—
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TABLE
Fees for certain domestic extensions and alterations
(1) (2) (3) Type of work Amount of plan fee Amount of inspection fee £ £ An extension or alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.
22 66 Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20mu22, including means of access.
11 33 Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which exceeds 20mu22 but does not exceed 40mu22, including means of access.
22 66 ”
3Transitional Provisions
These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 in relation to work in respect of which—
a building notice was given or full plans were deposited (under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985f1); or
an initial notice or a public body’s notice was given (under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984),
before 13th June 1988, notwithstanding that on or after that date a notice is or has been given, or plans are or have been deposited, in respect of substantially the same work.
4Revocations
Regulations 2(3)(a) and (c) and (4) of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1986f1 are hereby revoked.
Signature
Nicholas Ridley
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
11th May 1988
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 so as to increase the flat rate fees payable to a local authority—
by approximately 7% in respect of the erection of small domestic building and connected work (Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations), and
by approximately 10% in respect of the erection of certain garages, carports and the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to the 1985 Regulations).
Transitional provisions are contained in regulation 3. Regulation 4 revokes the provisions of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1986 which are superseded by these Regulations.