Regulation 2 Amendment of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000

in regulation 12A (sound insulation testing), at the beginning of paragraph (1) insert “Subject to paragraph (4) below,”;

after regulation 12A (3) insert—

“(4)

Where building work consists of the erection of a dwelling-house or a building containing flats, this regulation does not apply to any part of the building in relation to which the person carrying out the building work notifies the approved inspector prior to commencement of the building work on site that, for the purpose of achieving compliance of the work with paragraph E1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, he is using one or more design details approved by Robust Details Limited ^f2, provided that—

(a)

the notification specifies–

(i)

the part or parts of the building in respect of which he is using the design detail;

(ii)

the design detail concerned; and

(iii)

the unique number issued by Robust Details Limited in respect of the specified use of that design detail; and

(b)

the building work carried out in respect of the part or parts of the building identified in the notification is in accordance with the design detail specified in the notification.”.