{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/self-build-and-custom-housebuilding-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/self-build-and-custom-housebuilding-regulations-2016/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/950",
  "legislation_title": "The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/self-build-and-custom-housebuilding-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Eligibility for entry in the register",
  "text": "(1) Where a relevant authority sets eligibility criteria under regulation 5 (local eligibility conditions) the register kept by that authority must be divided into two parts, referred to in these Regulations as Part 1 and Part 2 of the register.\n(2) Where a relevant authority does not set any eligibility criteria under regulation 5, references in these Regulations to Part 1 of the register are to be treated as a reference to the register kept by that authority.\n(3) An individual is eligible for entry in Part 1 of the register if that individual—\n(a) is aged 18 or over;\n(b) is a British citizen, a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or a national of Switzerland;\n(c) satisfies any conditions set by the relevant authority under regulation 5 (local eligibility conditions);\n(d) has paid any fee required by the relevant authority to be paid to be entered in or to remain on the register; and\n(e) is seeking (either alone or with others) to acquire a serviced plot of land in the relevant authority’s area for their own self-build and custom housebuilding.\n(4) An association is eligible for entry in Part 1 of the register if each member of the association meets all of the eligibility requirements set out in paragraph (3).\n(5) An individual is eligible for entry in Part 2 of the register if that individual meets all of the eligibility requirements set out in paragraph (3) apart from a local connection test.\n(6) An association is eligible for entry in Part 2 of the register if all the members of the association meet all of the eligibility requirements set out in paragraph (3) apart from one or more who do not meet a local connection test but meet all the other requirements.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 31.10.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/950/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:44.916776+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}