{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-etc-amendment-no-2-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-etc-amendment-no-2-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2025/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-etc-amendment-no-2-wales-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010",
  "text": "(1) The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2—\n(a) after the definition of “chargeable function” insert—\n“”local authority” means a county council or county borough council for an area in Wales, or where applicable, by virtue of regulations made under section 91ZD of the 1984 Act, means a designated local authority.”\n(b) in the definition of “relevant person”, in paragraph (a), for “or building notice charge” substitute “, building notice charge, controlled change charge, completion certificate charge or partial completion certificate charge”.\n(3) In regulation 5(1) (principles of charging scheme: chargeable functions and advice)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), after “in relation to Wales,” insert—\n“(i) the passing or rejection of plans which have been deposited with the local authority, under section 16 of the Act, before 1 July 2026, or\n(ii) the granting or rejection of an application for building control approval in relation to proposed building work in Wales made to the local authority under the Principal Regulations, (a “plan charge”);”\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “in relation to Wales,” insert—\n“the inspection of building work for which—\n(i) plans have been deposited with the local authority, under section 16 of the Act, before 1 July 2026, or\n(ii) an application for building control approval has been granted under the Principal Regulations, (an “inspection charge”);”.\n(c) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—\n“(f) in relation to Wales, the actions taken under the following regulations of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025—\n(i) regulations 20 to 25 (a “controlled change charge”);\n(ii) regulations 39 to 43 (a “completion certificate charge”);\n(iii) regulation 44 (a “partial completion certificate charge”).”\n(4) In regulation 7(5) (principles of charging scheme: calculating charges), after sub-paragraph (j) insert—\n“(ja) whether an application or building notice in relation to building work is in respect of building work which is substantially the same as building work in respect of which an application for building control approval has been granted or building works have been inspected by the same local authority;”.\n(5) In regulation 8 (principles of charging scheme as to payment)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “deposited with” insert “, or an application for building control approval for the building work is made to,”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (d)—\n(aa) for “first deposited with” substitute “first given to”;\n(bb) for “have been deposited with” substitute “have been given to”;\n(cc) for “are or have been deposited” substitute “are or have been given”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) after “are deposited” insert “or an application for building control approval which is made”, and\n(ii) after “of the Act” insert “or is not validly made for the purposes of the Principal Regulations”;\n(c) in paragraph (3), after “plans of building work are deposited” insert “, an application for building control approval is made”.\n(6) In regulation 11 (refunds and supplementary charges)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “the Act” insert “or do not give notice of the granting or rejection of an application for building control approval within the period required under the Principal Regulations”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) after “the plans were deposited” insert “or an application for building control approval was made”;\n(ii) after “in order to comply with section 16 of the Act” insert “or the Principal Regulations”.\n(c) in paragraph (6), after “plans which are deposited with a local authority under section 16 of the Act” insert “or an application for building control approval which is made to a local authority under the Principal Regulations”.\n(7) In regulation 14—\n(a) for the heading “Fees for determinations of questions by the Secretary of State” substitute “Fees for determinations of questions by the Welsh Ministers”;\n(b) in paragraph (1), for “a reference under section 16(10) of the Act (determinations of questions by the Secretary of State)” substitute “an appeal under regulation 14E of the Building Regulations 2010”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 1.7.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/404 as amended by S.I. 2010/2214, S.I. 2023/911 and S.I. 2024/1268; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1320/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:18.334823+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}