Regulation 11 Exemptions from specific fees

(1)

A local authority may not charge an inspection fee or a building notice fee for the inspection on any occasion of works of drainage in connection with the erection of a small domestic building.

(2)

Only one inspection fee or building notice fee may be charged by a local authority for all relevant work inspected on the same occasion and, where an inspection of any relevant work has been carried out, a local authority may not charge a fee for the inspection on any subsequent occasion of that work or other relevant work.

(3)

In paragraph (2) “relevant work” means—

(a)

in the case of the erection of a small domestic building—

(i)

the erection of that building;

(ii)

the execution of works (other than works of drainage) or the installation of services or fittings in connection with the erection of that building; or

(iii)

the erection, in connection with the erection of that building, of a garage or carport or both;

(b)

in the case of the erection of a building in relation to which the fees are specified in entry 1 in the Table in Schedule 2 (certain small garages and carports)—

(i)

the erection of that building; or

(ii)

the execution of works or installation of services or fittings in connection with the erection of that building;

(c)

in the case of works for which the fees are specified in entries 2 and 3 in the Table in Schedule 2 (minor works), the execution of those works; or

(d)

in the case of an alteration or extension to a building in relation to which the fees are specified in entries 4 to 7 in the Table in Schedule 2 (certain domestic extensions and alterations)—

(i)

the alteration or extension of that building; or

(ii)

the execution of works or installation of services or fittings in connection with that alteration or extension; or

(e)

in all other cases, work the cost of which is included in the estimate referred to in regulation 13(2) or work substantially the same as that included in the estimate.