# The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023, Regulation 42: Completion certificate applications: consultation

Extent: E+W

(1) Before determining a completion certificate application the regulator must consult—
(a) where the work to which the application relates is—
(i) HRB work or a stage of HRB work,
(ii) category A work, or
(iii) category B work and Part B of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations imposes requirements in relation to the work,
the enforcing authority (within the meaning of article 25 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005) for the building, and
(b) the sewerage undertaker for the building where paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 to 2010 Regulations imposes requirements in relation to the work to which the application relates.
(2) Where the regulator is required to consult a person under this regulation the regulator—
(a) must give the person sufficient plans to show whether the work, as built, complies with—
(i) in the case of the enforcing authority, the applicable requirements of Part B (fire safety) of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations;
(ii) in the case of the sewerage undertaker, the requirements of paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations;
(b) must not determine the application until the expiry of a period of 15 working days beginning with the date the consultation starts or such longer period as the regulator and the person consulted agree in writing.
(3) In relation to the consultation under paragraph (1)(a) the plans given must include the fire and emergency file or, where the work to which the application relates is category B work, the fire safety compliance information.
(4) If all persons consulted express their views before the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2)(b) then the prohibition against determining the application ceases to apply on the day after the date on which their views are received by the regulator.
(5) The regulator is not required to consult under this regulation where it is satisfied following consideration of the application there are sufficient grounds to reject the application.
(6) In this regulation, “category A work” and “category B work” have the meanings given in 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/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-higher-risk-buildings-procedures-england-regulations-2023/regulation-42
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