{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2024/1268",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Information to be included in transfer certificates",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 53B(5)(b) of the 1984 Act, a transfer certificate must contain the following information—\n(a) a statement describing the original work and the unfinished work;\n(b) a statement describing all the steps the approver has taken to determine, in accordance with section 53B(2) of the 1984 Act, whether the unfinished work contravenes any provision of the building regulations, in particular listing—\n(i) each inspection or laying open of the work undertaken;\n(ii) each report of any inspection or laying open of work produced;\n(iii) any other assessment of the work which was considered;\n(c) a statement setting out the name and address of the registered building inspector from whom advice was obtained under section 54B(3) of the 1984 Act before giving the transfer certificate;\n(d) a declaration, signed and dated by the approver, confirming—\n(i) the approver has inspected the unfinished work,\n(ii) the approver has determined that, as at the date of the transfer certificate, the unfinished work does not contravene any provision of the building regulations,\n(iii) each report or assessment referred to in the statement under paragraph (b) has been included in the transfer report given under section 53B of the 1984 Act,\n(iv) the approver has obtained advice from a registered building inspector under section 54B(3) of the 1984 Act before giving the transfer certificate, and\n(v) the approver has received the agreement of the person carrying out or intending to carry out the work to submit the transfer certificate and transfer report.\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “original work” has the meaning given in section 53(7) of the 1984 Act;\n(b) “unfinished work” has the meaning given in section 53B(9) of the 1984 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 54B was inserted by section 44(3) of the 2022 Act. Giving a transfer certificate and transfer report to a local authority under section 53B(3) is a restricted function under section 54B of the 1984 Act and regulation 4(2)(f) of S.I. 2024/238 (W. 48)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1268/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:16.825177+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."
}