# The Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1996, Regulation 4: Amendments to the Principal Regulations


After regulation 8, there shall be inserted the following regulation:—
“Amendment notice
8A (1) The prescribed form of an amendment notice shall be form 1A in Schedule 2.
(2) An amendment notice shall be accompanied by:—
(a) the plans and documents described in the notes to those forms, and
(b) a declaration signed by the insurer that a named scheme of insurance approved by the Secretary of State applies in relation to the work described in the notice.
(3) The grounds on which a local authority are required to reject an amendment notice are those prescribed in paragraphs 1 to 11 of Schedule 3.
(4) The period within which a local authority may give notice of rejection of an amendment notice is five working days beginning with the day on which the notice is given.
(5) Any reference in these Regulations to an initial notice or to an initial notice combined with a plans certificate shall in an appropriate case be construed as a reference to that initial notice as amended by an amendment notice which has been accepted by a local authority.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1906/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-approved-inspectors-etc-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-4
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