Regulation 11V Considerations before a person carries out work: WalesF1

(1)

This regulation applies where a person (P) is proposing to use any person (A) to carry out any building work or design work.

(2)

Before permitting A to carry out any work—

(a)

P must take all reasonable steps to satisfy themself that A—

(i)

fulfils the requirements in regulation 11W(1) and (2) (competence: general requirement: Wales), or

(ii)

is an individual who is in training to fulfil the requirements in regulation 11W(1) and (2) and arrangements have been put in place to supervise A, and

(b)

where the work relates to a higher-risk building, P must—

(i)

ask A whether a serious sanction has occurred, in relation to them, within the 5 years ending on the date of the appointment, and

(ii)

consider any information available to P relating to any misconduct of A (including any serious sanction).

(3)

Before permitting A to undertake any work, P must additionally take all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that A is able to fulfil the duties of regulation 11Z1 (general duty: Wales).

(4)

Where A is to be appointed as the principal designer, the client must take all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that A fulfils the requirements in regulations 11W(1) and (2) (competence: general requirement: Wales) and 11X(1) (competence: principal designer: Wales) in relation to the design work.

(5)

Where A is to be appointed as the principal contractor, the client must take all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that A fulfils the requirements in regulations 11W(1) and (2) (competence: general requirement: Wales) and 11Y(1) (competence: principal contractor: Wales) in relation to the building work.

(6)

Any request to undertake any building work or any design work must not be accepted by A if A does not satisfy the requirements in regulation 11W(1) and (2) (competence: general requirement: Wales) at the time of the appointment (except where those requirements do not apply to A by virtue of regulation 11W(3)).

(7)

A must not act—

(a)

as the principal designer in relation to any design work if A does not satisfy the requirements in regulations 11W(1) and (2) (competence: general requirement: Wales) and 11X(1) (competence: principal designer: Wales) at the time of the appointment as the principal designer;

(b)

as the principal contractor in relation to any building work if A does not satisfy the requirements in regulations 11W(1) and (2) (competence: general requirement: Wales) and 11Y(1) (competence: principal contractor: Wales) at the time of the appointment as the principal contractor.

(8)

In this regulation “serious sanction” means—

(a)

the issue to A of a compliance notice which referred to contravention or likely contravention of a requirement of Part A (structure) or Part B (fire safety) of Schedule 1;

(b)

the issue to A of a stop notice;

(c)

the conviction of A for any offence under—

(i)

the Act;

(ii)

the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

(iii)

the Building Safety Act 2022;

(iv)

the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005;

(d)

a report published by an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 finds that A’s action or inaction resulted in one or more deaths or was likely to have been a contravention of any requirement of—

(i)

the Act;

(ii)

Part A (structure) or Part B (fire safety) of Schedule 1;

(iii)

the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

(iv)

the Building Safety Act 2022;

(v)

the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 2B inserted (W.) (1.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1320), regs. 1(2), 5 (with reg. 19)