# The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012, Regulation 35: Approved inspector's insurance (new regulation 5A)


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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3119/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-c-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-35
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