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7.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a document which purports to be an initial notice, amendment notice, plans certificate or final certificate (“the original document”) is given to a local authority and the local authority is satisfied that all or part of the work to which the original document relates is higher-risk building work(1).
(2) Where this paragraph applies the local authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give a notice to the approver and the person intending to carry out the work (and where that person is not the client, the client) and the form to be used for the notice is form 6 in Schedule 1.
(3) Where a document which purports to be an initial notice, amendment notice, plans certificate or final certificate (“the original document”) is given to a local authority and the local authority is satisfied that all or part of the work to which the original document relates is outside the scope of the approver’s registration then the authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give a notice to the approver and the person intending to carry out the work (and where that person is not the client, the client) and the form to be used for the notice is form 6 in Schedule 1.
(4) Where a document which purports to be an initial notice (“the original notice”) is given to a local authority and the local authority is satisfied that the original notice is given in breach of section 53D(5) of the 1984 Act then the authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give a notice to the approver and the person intending to carry out the work (and where that person is not the client, the client) and the form to be used for the notice is form 6 in Schedule 1.
See the definition of “higher-risk building work” in section 91ZA of the Building Act 1984, which was inserted by section 32 of the Building Safety Act 2022.
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