# The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 4: Projects with an existing CDM co-ordinator


(1) This paragraph and paragraphs 5 and 6 apply where, immediately before 6th April 2015, there is a CDM co-ordinator appointed for a relevant project.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, the appointment of the CDM co-ordinator continues to have effect for the purposes of these Regulations until a principal designer is appointed or the project comes to an end.
(3) The client must appoint in writing a principal designer for the project before 6th October 2015 unless the project comes to an end on or before that date.
(4) Where the appointment of a CDM co-ordinator continues to have effect under sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) the CDM co-ordinator must comply with the duties in paragraph 5;
(b) the duties in regulations 9(3)(b) and 12(7) to provide information to the principal designer are treated as duties to provide information to the CDM co-ordinator; and
(c) the duty in regulation 13(5) to liaise with the principal designer is treated as a duty to liaise with the CDM co-ordinator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/schedule/4/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-2015/schedule-4/paragraph-4
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