Regulation 58 Inspection of records and applications

Subject to paragraph (3), Parts I and II of the building standards register shall be available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours and without prejudice to that generality Part I shall be published on a website maintained by the relevant local authority.

Subject to paragraph (3), the local authority shall on payment of the appropriate fee provide copies of any of the documents contained in Part II of the building standards register.

Documents shall not be available for inspection in terms of paragraph (1) or for copying in terms of paragraph (2) in the cases to which paragraphs (4) and (5) apply.

This paragraph applies to cases where disclosure or copying would raise security concerns but not where the owner of the building to which the documents relate has consented, in writing, to that disclosure or copying.

This paragraph applies where the relevant building is a residential building unless the application is by an interested party and for the purposes of this paragraph “interested party” means any owner, occupier, tenant or prospective tenant.