Regulation 13 Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificateI1

The prescribed form of a final certificate^f1 is form 5 in Schedule 1.

The grounds on which a local authority must reject a final certificate are those prescribed in Schedule 4 and the form to be used for rejecting a final certificate is form 7 in Schedule 1.

The period within which a local authority may give notice of rejection of a final certificate is ten working days beginning with the day on which the certificate is given.

A final certificate given by an approver to a local authority in accordance with these Regulations is evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that the requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.