Regulation 7 Transitional provisions: full plans
Where before 1st October 2009—
full plans of building work are deposited with a local authority in accordance with regulation 12(2A) of the Building Regulations; and
the local authority—
gives notice under section 16(6) (passing or rejection of plans) of the Act that they have passed those plans without conditions, or
signifies in writing to the person by whom or on whose behalf the plans were deposited that any condition subject to which they passed the plans has been fully met,
the Building Regulations shall continue to apply to the work to which those plans relate as if the amendments made by regulation 2 had not been made, provided that the work is commenced before 1st October 2010, whether or not the work departs from those plans.