# The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024, Regulation 10: Consultation with the sewerage undertaker

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies where an initial notice or amendment notice is to be given or has been given in respect of work in relation to which paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations imposes requirements.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the approver must consult the sewerage undertaker—
(a) before, or as soon as practicable after, giving an initial notice in relation to the work,
(b) before, or as soon as practicable after, giving an amendment notice in relation to the work,
(c) before giving a plans certificate (whether or not combined with an initial notice), and
(d) before giving a final certificate.
(3) An approver required by paragraph (2) to consult the sewerage undertaker must give to the sewerage undertaker—
(a) in a case where the approver is consulting them in connection with an initial notice or an amendment notice, sufficient plans to show whether the work would, if carried out in accordance with those plans, comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph H4 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations, and
(b) in a case where the approver is consulting them in connection with the giving of a plans certificate, a copy of the plans in relation to which the approver intends to give the certificate.
(4) An approver required by paragraph (2) to consult the sewerage undertaker—
(a) must have regard to any views expressed by the undertaker, and
(b) must not give a plans certificate or a final certificate until 15 working days have elapsed from the day on which the approver consulted the undertaker, unless the undertaker have expressed their views to the approver before the expiry of that period.
(5) In this regulation “sewerage undertaker” means a person appointed under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991 for the area in which the building is, or is to be, situated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/110/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-england-regulations-2024/regulation-10
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