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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-registered-building-control-approvers-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Functions of approvers",
  "text": "(1) For as long as an initial notice continues in force, the approver who gave the notice must take such steps (which may include the making of tests of building work and the taking of samples of materials) as are reasonable to enable the approver to be satisfied within the limits of professional skill and care that the provisions specified in paragraph (2) (as modified by regulation 5 (modification of 2010 Regulations etc.)) are complied with.\n(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) in the 2010 Regulations—\n(i) regulation 4 (requirements relating to building work),\n(ii) regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use),\n(iii) regulation 7 (materials and workmanship),\n(iv) regulation 20 (provisions applicable to self-certification schemes),\n(v) regulation 22 (requirements relating to a change to energy status),\n(vi) regulation 23 (requirements for the renovation or replacement of thermal elements),\n(vii) regulation 25A (consideration of high-efficiency alternative systems for new buildings),\n(viii) regulation 26 (CO2 emission rates for new buildings),\n(ix) regulation 26A (primary energy rates for new buildings),\n(x) regulation 26B (fabric performance values for new dwellings),\n(xi) regulation 26C (minimum energy efficiency rating),\n(xii) regulation 27 (CO2 emission rate calculations),\n(xiii) regulation 27A (primary energy consumption rate calculations),\n(xiv) regulation 27B (fabric performance values calculations),\n(xv) regulation 27C (target primary energy rate calculations for new buildings),\n(xvi) regulation 28 (consequential improvements to energy performance),\n(xvii) regulation 36 (water efficiency of new dwellings),\n(xviii) regulation 37 (wholesome water consumption calculation),\n(xix) regulation 37A (provision of automatic fire suppression systems),\n(xx) regulation 38 (fire safety information),\n(xxi) regulation 39 (information about ventilation),\n(xxii) regulation 40 (information about use of fuel and power),\n(xxiii) regulation 40A (information about systems for on-site generation of electricity),\n(xxiv) regulation 40B (information about overheating),\n(xxv) regulation 41 (sound insulation testing),\n(xxvi) regulation 42 (mechanical ventilation air flow rate testing),\n(xxvii) regulation 43 (pressure testing),\n(xxviii) regulation 44 (commissioning), ...\n(xxix) regulation 44ZA (commissioning in respect of a system for on-site electricity generation), and\n(xxx) regulation 44ZAA (particulars of connection to public electronic communications network), and\n(b) in the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, regulation 7A (energy performance certificates on construction).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(2)(a)(xxviii) omitted (1.7.2025) by virtue of The Building etc. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/377), regs. 1(3), 5(2)(a) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 4(2)(a)(xxx) inserted (1.7.2025) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/377), regs. 1(3), 5(2)(b) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/3118. Regulation 7A was inserted by S.I. 2016/284."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2025/1320",
      "affecting_title": "The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1268/regulation/4",
    "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."
}