After regulation 10, insert—“10A 1 In this regulation, “building work” and “material change of use” have the meanings given in regulations 3(1) and 5 respectively of the Building Regulations 1991.2 Where a new dwelling is created by building work or by a material change of use in connection with which building work is carried out, the person carrying out the building work shall, if he has not already done so under paragraph (3) or (4) below, calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and shall not later than five days after completion of the dwelling give notice of that rating to the approved inspector who gave the initial notice in relation to the dwelling.3 Where the work described in an initial notice includes the erection of a new dwelling, and—a the dwelling is occupied, andb no final certificate is given,the person carrying out the work shall calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and shall not later than eight weeks beginning with the date of occupation give notice of that rating to the approved inspector who gave the initial notice in relation to the dwelling.4 Where the building work described in an initial notice is in connection with a material change of use in relation to a dwelling, anda that change of use takes place, andb no final certificate is given,the person carrying out the work shall calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and shall not later than eight weeks beginning with the date on which the change of use takes place give notice of that rating to the approved inspector who gave the initial notice in relation to the dwelling.”
(a)the condition specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) applies, the amendments contained in regulations 4 and 8 shall not apply; and
(b)the conditions specified in paragraph (2) apply, the amendments contained in regulations 6, 7, 9 and 10 shall not apply,
and the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1985 shall apply to a notice or any building work mentioned in that paragraph as if those amendments had not been made.
(2)The conditions are that—
(a)before 1st July 1995 an initial notice or a public body’s notice has been given in accordance with sections 47(1) or 54(1), respectively, of the Building Act 1984; and
(b)building work is carried out after that date in accordance with such a notice whether with or without any departure from it.
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