{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-england-regulations-2024/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-england-regulations-2024/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/110",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-england-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Compliance declarations",
  "text": "(1) Where building work described in an initial notice is completed the client must give the approver a notice which includes—\n(a) the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the client;\n(b) the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the principal contractor (or sole contractor) and the principal designer (or sole or lead designer);\n(c) a statement that the building work is complete;\n(d) a statement, signed by the client, confirming that to the best of the client’s knowledge the work complies with all applicable requirements of the building regulations;\n(e) a statement given by each principal contractor (or sole contractor) for the work and each principal designer (or sole or lead designer) for the work, signed by the person to which the declaration relates, which includes—\n(i) the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of that person,\n(ii) the dates of their appointment, and\n(iii) confirmation—\n(aa) in the case of a principal contractor (or sole contractor), that they fulfilled their duties as a principal contractor under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations;\n(bb) in the case of a principal designer (or sole or lead designer), that they fulfilled their duties as a principal designer under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations ,\nand if for any reason the client is unable to include a statement under this paragraph for a person mentioned in this paragraph, the client must include a statement giving the reasons why that person’s statement has not been included ;\n(f) if, in accordance with paragraph 5(f) of Form 1, paragraph 4(h) of Form 2, or as the case may be paragraph 5(f) of Form 4, in Schedule 1, building safety levy information was required to be provided with the initial notice or an updated application in relation to that initial notice, a levy liability statement under paragraph (2).\n(2) The “levy liability statement” is a statement, signed by the named client, that—\n(a) a notice of no charge has been given in relation to the initial notice referred to in paragraph (1)(f), or an updated application relating to it, and has not been cancelled under regulation 43 or 53 of the BSL Regulations, or\n(b) the levy liability amount in relation to the initial notice referred to in paragraph (1)(f), or the updated application relating to it, has been paid in full,\nand for those purposes, “notice of no charge” and “levy liability amount” have the same meaning as in the BSL Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 renumbered as reg. 18(1) (1.10.2026) by The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1236), regs. 1(2), 59(2) (with reg. 1(5)(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 18(e): comma substituted for full stop (7.10.2025) by The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1017), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 11(1)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(e) inserted (7.10.2025) by The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1017), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 11(1)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1): semicolon substituted for full stop (1.10.2026) by The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1236), regs. 1(2), 59(3) (with reg. 1(5)(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 18(1)(f) inserted (1.10.2026) by The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1236), regs. 1(2), 59(3) (with reg. 1(5)(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 18(2) inserted (1.10.2026) by The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1236), regs. 1(2), 59(4) (with reg. 1(5)(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 6.4.2024, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/110/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:35:20.812611+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}