# The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023, Regulation 13: Building control approval applications for work to existing HRB: validity and time limit

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the regulator receives a building control approval application for work to existing HRB which is valid the regulator must—
(a) notify the applicant to that effect, and
(b) determine it within 8 weeks beginning with the date the application is received by the regulator or within such longer period as at any time the regulator and the applicant agree in writing.
(2) Where the regulator receives a building control approval application for work to existing HRB which is not valid the regulator must notify the applicant to that effect giving reasons (and where the applicant is not the client, also give a copy of the notification to the client).
(3) A building control approval application for work to existing HRB is valid if it complies with regulation 12 (building control approval applications for work to existing HRB).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/909/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-higher-risk-buildings-procedures-england-regulations-2023/regulation-13
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