Regulation 13 Amendments to the Berkshire Act 1986

(1)

The Berkshire Act 1986^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “the Act of 1984” insert—

““application for building control approval” means an application in accordance with building regulations for building control approval (as defined in paragraph 1B of Schedule 1 to the Building Act 1984);”.

(3)

In section 28(1)(a) (safety of stands) for “of which plans, sections, specifications or written particulars must be deposited” substitute “for which an application for building control approval must be made”.

(4)

In section 32 (access for fire brigade)—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

for “plans for the erection or extension of a building are deposited with” substitute “an application for building control approval for the erection or extension of a building is made to”;

(ii)

for “reject the plans” substitute “reject the application”;

(iii)

for “plans show” substitute “application shows”;

(b)

in subsection (3) omit “Section 16(7) and (8) and” and “notice of rejection or passing of plans and”;

(c)

for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4)

A person aggrieved by the action of the district council in rejecting an application for building control approval under this section may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1986 c.ii.