Section 35 Industry competenceI1I2I3

In Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984 (building regulations) after paragraph 5B (inserted by section 34) insert—

“Competence requirements

5C

(1)

Building regulations may, in relation to any work, impose competence requirements on—

(a)

any appointed person, or

(b)

any prescribed person.

(2)

A “competence requirement” is a requirement relating to—

(a)

the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours of an individual;

(b)

the capability of a person other than an individual to perform its functions under building regulations.

(3)

The regulations may require an appointed person who is not an individual to give an individual acting under its control who has the appropriate skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours the task of managing its functions as an appointed person.”