Regulation 35 Approved inspector's insurance (new regulation 5A)F1

After the end of regulation 5, insert—

“Approved inspector's insurance

5A

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), an approved inspector who gives a notice or certificate specified in paragraph (2) to a local authority must ensure that, before or on the date of the notice or certificate, the person who approved that inspector (the Secretary of State or a body designated under regulation 3 as the case may be) is in possession of a declaration of insurance in respect of the work to which the notice or certificate relates.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies to a notice or certificate given on or after 6th April 2013 which is—

(a)

an initial notice;

(b)

an amendment notice;

(c)

a plans certificate;

(d)

a combined initial notice and plans certificate; or

(e)

a final certificate.

(3)

In this regulation a “declaration of insurance” means a declaration of insurance signed by the insurer that a named scheme of insurance approved by the Secretary of State applies to the approved inspector in relation to the building work to which the notice or certificate relates.”