Regulation 47L Compliance notices and stop notices: giving of notices and notification to others: WalesF1
Paragraph (2) applies where a compliance notice under section 35B of the Act or a stop notice under section 35C(1) of the Act is to be given in relation to work on a site or premises and another form of service under section 94(1) of the Act is not appropriate.
Where, after reasonable inquiries, the building control authority is satisfied that there is no one to whom a compliance notice or stop notice can be delivered, the notice, or a copy of it, may be affixed to a conspicuous part of the site or premises where the work to which the notice relates is carried out.
Where a building control authority gives a compliance notice or stop notice, the authority must take reasonable steps to notify the following persons as to the giving of the notice—
the client, the principal contractor (or sole contractor) and the principal designer (or sole or lead designer) for the work to which the notice relates,
where the notice relates to a contravention of Part B of Schedule 1 in relation to a building to which the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies or will apply after completion of the work, the enforcing authority (within the meaning of article 25 of that Order) for the building or the proposed building,
where the client is a landlord in relation to any dwelling contained in the building, the local housing authority for the area in which the building is located, and
where the notice relates to work to an existing higher-risk building, the responsible person who is responsible for the part of the building where the work is carried out.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 47I-47P inserted (W.) (1.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1320), regs. 1(2), 14(2) (with reg. 19)