Is notification a legal requirement
As a qualified approved electrician due to redundancy I'm looking at the possibility of going self employed as a domestic installer, is it possible for me to do installation work and have it signed off by building control until i get registered with a part p agency
Householder's responsibility though (or other person who is commissioning the work).Yes, notification of notifiable works is a legal requirement - the building regs are statutory.
It's not his responsibility.Let the householder commissioning the work decide whether he wants to notify and pay the fees or not.
It was the electrical contracting industry that wanted it, not the government and certainly not local authorities (who, incidentally, are not the ones making millions out of it).It's a bloody racket this part p millions of pounds being generated off the back of tradesmen, I agree control needs to be in place but this is a total shambles of a system.
It's not up to the customer to care.But if the customer doesn't care about notification, there's no £200 disadvantage.
No - the words in the legislation are quite clear - they talk about the person doing the work.Householder's responsibility though (or other person who is commissioning the work).Yes, notification of notifiable works is a legal requirement - the building regs are statutory.
In my experience it is the responsibility of the owner of the property to ensure the work is notified to the authorities and carried out in a way that complies with the relevant regulations.No - the words in the legislation are quite clear - they talk about the person doing the work.
That would be ideal.We can argue till the middle of next week, the bottom line is sign up to a part p scheme or wave goodbye to any business, I suppose the best route is to do the work to be assessed at my mothers house she could do with a new CU and a couple of extra sockets and it stops the intrusion into a strangers home.
All I can suggest is that you read the Building Regulations (all of it) and try two different interpretations.In my experience it is the responsibility of the owner of the property to ensure the work is notified to the authorities and carried out in a way that complies with the relevant regulations.
The exact route of paper work has been flexible with sometimes the owner filing the notification and sometimes the tradesman. I believe the owner's consent has to be included in the application irrespective of who makes the application / notification.
Yes it is.It's not his responsibility.Let the householder commissioning the work decide whether he wants to notify and pay the fees or not.
The phrase used is actually "a person who intends to carry out building work."No - the words in the legislation are quite clear - they talk about the person doing the work.
Where you encounter any variant of "person doing the work" try reading it as meaning the person actually doing the work and then try reading it as meaning the householder, or building owner etc.
See which makes that particular requirement make sense and which makes it complete nonsense.
If that were actually taken to mean the person physically using the tools to install the wiring, fit the toilet, connect up the boiler, etc. then for something like an extension which involves an electrician, a plumber, a general builder, and so on each and every one of those people would be required to submit a building notice. Clearly that is not what happens, so it doesn't make sense to interpret it that way.Giving of a building notice or deposit of plans
12.— (1) This regulation applies to a person who intends to—
(a) carry out building work;
{.....}
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person to whom this regulation applies shall—
(a) give to the local authority a building notice in accordance with regulation 13; or
(b) deposit full plans with the local authority in accordance with regulation 14.
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