# The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024, Regulation 13: Form, grounds and period for rejecting final certificate

Extent: E+W

(1) The prescribed form of a final certificate is form 5 in Schedule 1.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/110/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-england-regulations-2024/regulation-13
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