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Section 51C: Change of person intending to carry out work

Building Act 1984 · 1984 c. 55View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Supervision of Building Work etc. otherwise than by building control authorities

This section applies where it is proposed that the work to which an initial notice relates should be carried out by a different person.

If—

the registered building control approver who gave the initial notice, and
the person who now proposes to carry out the work to which the initial notice relates,

jointly give written notice of the proposal to the local authority by whom the initial notice was accepted, the initial notice shall be treated as showing as the person intending to carry out the work to which it relates the person mentioned in the notice under this section.

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