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Regulation 2 Amendments to the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(2)

In regulation 2—

(a)

in the definition of “local authority” omit “1984”;

(b)

in the definition of “relevant person”—

(i)

remove the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);

(ii)

after paragraph (b), insert—

“(ba)

in relation to a higher-risk building regularisation charge, the owner of the building; and”.

(3)

In regulation 5 (1)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) (ii), after “the Principal Regulations,” insert

“or

(iii)

the granting or rejection of an application made to the local authority under regulation 4 or 12 of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025f2,”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b) (ii), after “the Principal Regulations,” insert

“or

(iii)

an application has been granted under regulation 7 or 15 of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025,”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (e), insert—

“(ea)

the consideration of an application under regulation 46 of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 and the inspection of any building work to which that application relates (a “higher-risk building regularisation charge”);”.

(4)

In regulation 7 (5) (ja), omit “for building control approval”.

(5)

In regulation 8 (1)—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a)

any plan charge shall be payable when—

(i)

in relation to plans of building work, the plans are deposited with the authority;

(ii)

in relation to an application, the application is made to the authority;”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (e), insert—

“(ea)

any higher-risk building regularisation charge shall be payable at the time of the application to the authority in accordance with regulation 46 of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025;”.

(6)

In regulation 8 (2)—

(a)

omit “for building control approval”;

(b)

after “are not” insert “, in the case of plans,”;

(c)

after “or” in the third place it occurs, insert “, in the case of an application,”;

(d)

after “Principal Regulations”, in the first place it occurs, insert “or the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (as appropriate)”.

(7)

In regulation 8 (3) (b), omit “for building control approval”.

(8)

In regulation 11—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

omit “for building control approval”;

(ii)

after “the Principal Regulations” insert “or the period required under the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (as appropriate)”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

omit “for building control approval”;

(ii)

for “or the Principal Regulations” substitute “, the Principal Regulations, or the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (as appropriate)”;

(c)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

omit “for building control approval”;

(ii)

after “the Principal Regulations” insert “or the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (as appropriate)”.

(9)

In regulation 14 (1), for “Building Regulations 2010” substitute “Principal Regulations”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2010/404 as amended by S.I. 2010/2214, S.I. 2023/911, S.I. 2024/110, S.I. 2024/1268 (W. 214) and S.I. 2025/1320 (W. 215); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.

f2

S.I. 2025/1321 (W. 216).