# The Building (Approved Inspectors etc. ) Regulations 2010 S.I. 2010/2215 · made 6 September 2010 · revised to 1 January 2025 These Regulations revoke and replace the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2532) (“the 2000 Regulations”) and consolidate all subsequent amendments to those Regulations with minor amendments. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/building-approved-inspectors-etc-regulations-2010/pdf/uksi_20102215_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/building-approved-inspectors-etc-regulations-2010/pdf/uksiem_20102215_en.pdf ## Introductory text Building And Buildings, England And Wales Made 6th September 2010 Laid before Parliament 9th September 2010 Coming into force 1st October 2010 The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to matters relating to the environment. The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 1(1), 2A, 16(9), 17(1) and (6), 35, 47(1) to (5), 49(1) and (5), 50(1), (4), (6) and (7), 51(1) and (2), 51A(2), (3), (5) and (6), 52(1) to (3), 53(2) and (4), 54(1) to (3) and (5), 56(1) and (2) and 126 of, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to and Schedule 4 to the Building Act 1984 : ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation and commencement These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st October 2010. ## 2 Interpretation (1) In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Building Act 1984; “approver” means a registered building control approver within the meaning of section 58N of the Act; “building” means any permanent or temporary building but not any other kind of structure or erection, and a reference to a building includes a reference to part of a building; “building work” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations; “controlled service or fitting” means a service or fitting in relation to which Part G, H, J or L of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations imposes a requirement; “day” means any period of 24 hours commencing at midnight and excludes any Saturday, Sunday, Bank holiday or public holiday; “designated body” has the meaning given in regulation 4; “dwelling-house” does not include a flat or a building containing a flat; “flat” means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for use for residential purposes and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally; “material alteration” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2) of the Principal Regulations; “material change of use” has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations; “the Principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations 2010. (2) Where any regulation requires the use of a numbered form in Schedule 1, a form substantially to the like effect may be used. (3) Any reference in these Regulations to the carrying out of work includes a reference to the making of a material change of use. (4) Any reference in these Regulations to an initial notice (whether or not 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. ## Part 2: Grant and Withdrawal of Approval ## 3 Designation of bodies to approve inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Approval of inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Manner of approval or designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5A Approved inspector's insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Termination of approval or designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Lists of approvals and designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Supervision of Work by Approvers ## 8 Functions of approvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Independence of approvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Form, grounds and period for rejecting initial notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10A Invalid notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Form, grounds and period for rejecting amendment notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Approver's consultation with the fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Approver's consultation with the sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Form, grounds and period for rejecting plans certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Effect of plans certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16A Form of rejection notice and form of notice under section 51C of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16B Notice before starting work and further notice when work is “commenced” etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16C Lapse of initial notice: commencement of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16D Notification of dutyholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16E Compliance declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Events causing initial notice to cease to be in force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Cancellation of initial notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18A Cancellation of initial notice: notice of contravention of building regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Local authority powers in relation to partly completed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19A Periods within which information on work to which an initial notice relates must be provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3A: Transfer of projects to another approver ## 19B Section 53(7): prescribed provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19C Information to be included in transfer certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19D Period for consideration of transfer certificate and report by local authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19E Grounds for rejection of a transfer certificate and transfer report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19F Cases where a further initial notice may be given after cancellation of an initial notice under section 53D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Application of Provisions of the Principal Regulations ## 20 Application of regulations 20, 20A, 25A, 27, 27A, 27B, , 27C 29, 37, 41, 42, 43 , 44 and 44ZA of the Principal Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Public Bodies ## 21 Approval of public bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Public body's consultation with the fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Public body's consultation with the sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's plans certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Effect of public body's plans certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Form, grounds and period for rejecting public body's final certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Events causing public body's notice to cease to be in force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Certificates Relating to Deposited Plans ## 29 Certificates given under section 16(9) of the Act (1) Regulations 3 to 7 shall apply in relation to— (a) the approval and the termination of approval of persons to certify plans in accordance with section 16(9) of the Act, and (b) the designation and the termination of designation of bodies to approve such persons, as they do in relation to the approval of inspectors and the designation of bodies to approve inspectors respectively. (2) Regulations 4 and 6 of the Principal Regulations are prescribed for the purposes of section 16(9) of the Act insofar as either requires compliance with— (a) Part A (structure) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, and (b) Part L (conservation of fuel and power) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations. (3) Where deposited plans are accompanied by a certificate as mentioned in section 16(9) of the Act, the evidence of insurance required by that provision is a declaration signed by the insurer that a named scheme of insurance approved by the Secretary of State applies in relation to the certificate which accompanies the plans. (4) For the purposes of section 16(9) of the Act, the circumstances in which the local authority may reject deposited plans on the grounds referred to in section 16(9)(i) or (ii) are where— (a) the certificate states that the work shown in the plans complies with the requirements of Part A (structure) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations; (b) paragraph A3 of that Schedule applies to the work shown in the plans; and (c) the certificate does not contain a declaration that the person giving the certificate does not, and will not until the work is complete, have a professional or financial interest in the work. (5) The provisions of regulation 9(1) to (4) shall have effect for the purpose of determining whether a person has a professional or financial interest in the work shown in the plans as if references in those provisions to approved inspectors were references to persons approved for the purposes of section 16(9) of the Act. ## Part 6A: Appeals under Part 2 of the Act ## 29A Appeal under section 50(2) of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29B Appeals under section 55 of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Miscellaneous Provisions ## 30 Register of notices and certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Electronic service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Transitional provisions: interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Revocations and consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Andrew Stunell Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Communities and Local Government ## Schedule 1: Forms ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ### Part: ... ## Schedule 2: Grounds for Rejecting an Initial Notice, an Amendment Notice, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice ### Part: Deficiencies in initial notice ## 1 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Wrong local authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Capacity of approver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Deficiencies in information ## 4 Information about the proposed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Notice of approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Lack of declaration or undertakings ## 6 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Deficiencies in the proposed work ## 10 Drain connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Local enactments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Overlap with earlier notice ## 12 Earlier notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Grounds for Rejecting a Plans Certificate, or a Plans Certificate Combined with an Initial Notice ### Part: Deficiencies in form and information ## 1 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A Optional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Absence of power to give certificate ## 4 No initial notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Capacity of approver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Lack of declarations ## 6 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3A: Grounds for rejecting a transfer certificate and transfer report ## 1 Required information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Required information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Wrong local authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 No initial notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Capacity of approver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Breach of section 54B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Earlier notice / accepted transfer certificate and transfer report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Local authority action and offence committed under section 35(1) of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Failure to provide information requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Failure to comply with prescribed timescales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Grounds for Rejecting a Final Certificate ### Part: Deficiencies in form and information ## 1 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A Optional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Absence of power to give certificate ## 3 No initial notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Capacity of approver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4A Lack of fire safety information confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Lack of declarations ## 5 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Notice, or a Combined Public Body's Notice and Plans Certificate ### Part: Deficiencies in public body's notice ## 1 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Wrong local authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Capacity of public body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Deficiencies in information ## 4 Information about the proposed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Lack of undertaking ## 5 Fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Deficiencies in the proposed work ## 7 Drain connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Local enactments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Plans Certificate, or a Combined Public Body's Notice and Plans Certificate ### Part: Deficiencies in form and information ## 1 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A Optional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Absence of power to give certificate ## 4 No public body's notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Capacity of public body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Lack of declaration ## 6 Fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Grounds for Rejecting a Public Body's Final Certificate ### Part: Deficiencies in form and information ## 1 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2A Optional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Absence of power to give certificate ## 3 Capacity of public body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 No proper signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Lack of declaration ## 5 Fire and rescue authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Sewerage undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8 Revocation of Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Consequential Amendments ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations These Regulations revoke and replace the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2532) (“the 2000 Regulations”) and consolidate all subsequent amendments to those Regulations with minor amendments. Section 47 of the Building Act 1984 (c.55) (“the Act”) provides that the responsibility for inspecting plans and building work for compliance with building regulations may, at the option of the person intending to carry out the work, be given to an approved inspector instead of to the local authority. Part 2 of these Regulations specifies the procedures for approving inspectors. Part 3 contains provisions about the supervision of building work by approved inspectors. In particular, regulation 8 specifies the functions of approved inspectors; regulation 9 requires that approved inspectors have no professional or financial interest in the work that they supervise unless it is minor work; regulations 10 to 18 contain procedural and consultation requirements including in particular the prescribed forms of, and grounds for the local authority to reject, an initial notice, an amendment notice, a plans certificate and a final certificate; and regulation 19 provides for the position where an initial notice ceases to be in force and the local authority's powers to supervise the building work are consequently revived. Part 4 applies the requirements of the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) relating to self-certification schemes, CO2 emission rate calculations, energy performance certificates, wholesome water consumption calculations, sound insulation testing, mechanical ventilation air flow rate testing, pressure testing and commissioning to building work which is the subject of an initial notice and so is supervised by an approved inspector. Section 54 of the Act permits approved public bodies to supervise their own building work. Part 5 covers the approval of public bodies, and procedural and consultation requirements where public bodies supervise their own work including in particular the prescribed forms of, and grounds for the local authority to reject, a public body's notice, a plans certificate and a final certificate. Part 6 is concerned with the approval of persons to certify under section 16(9) of the Act plans deposited with the local authority. Part 7 contains miscellaneous provisions. Regulation 38 and Schedules 8 and 9 revoke the 2000 Regulations and amending Regulations and make consequential amendments. Regulations amending both the 2000 Regulations and the Building Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2531) are revoked by the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214). No transitional provision is made in respect of the minor changes made in these Regulations. Regulations 33 to 36 contains transitional provisions in respect of the amendments made to the 2000 Regulations by the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/719). Regulation 37 secures that transitional provisions in the 2000 Regulations and later amending Regulations continue to have effect. A table showing how these Regulations correspond to the 2000 Regulations is attached to the Explanatory Memorandum. An impact assessment of the effects that the consolidation of these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the public and voluntary sectors is annexed to the explanatory memorandum for these Regulations. It will be placed on the OPSI website at www.opsi.gov.uk and the www.legislation.gov.uk website and copies have also been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Impact assessments of the effect that some provisions of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (which are revoked on the day on which they come into force but the amendments are consolidated in these Regulations) will have on the costs of business and the public and voluntary sectors were annexed to the explanatory memorandum for those Regulations which is available on the OPSI website and the www.legislation.gov.uk. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2215 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-approved-inspectors-etc-regulations-2010 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.