Regulation 17A Completion noticesF1

(1)

A person carrying out building work in circumstances where regulation 17(1) applies must, not more than 5 days after that work has been completed, give the building control authority a notice which complies with paragraph (2).

(2)

The notice under paragraph (1) must include—

(a)

the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the client;

(b)

the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the principal contractor (or sole contractor) and principal designer (or sole or lead designer);

(c)

a statement that the building work is complete;

(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;

(e)

subject to paragraph (3), a statement, given by each principal contractor (or sole contractor) for the work and each principal designer (or F2sole or lead designer) for the work, signed by the person to which the declaration relates which includes—

(i)

the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of that person,

(ii)

the dates of their appointment, and

(iii)

confirmation—

(aa)

in the case of a principal contractor (or sole contractor), that they fulfilled their duties as principal contractor under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations;

(bb)

in the case of a principal designer (or sole or lead designer), that they fulfilled their duties as principal designer under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations.

(3)

If for any reason the person carrying out building work is unable to include a statement for a person mentioned under paragraph (2)(e), the person carrying out the building work must include a statement giving the reasons why that person’s statement has not been included.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 17A inserted (1.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/60), regs. 1(2)(a), 5(3) (with reg. 8(3))
F2: Words in reg. 17A(2)(e) substituted (20.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/112), regs. 1(2), 5(6)