Remedy
Start free

Section 58L: Offences relating to registration

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

Part 2A: REGULATION OF BUILDING CONTROL PROFESSION

A registered building inspector commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, they carry out a restricted activity on behalf of a building control authority or a registered building control approver—

in relation to work which is outside the scope of their registration, or
while their registration is suspended.

"Restricted activity"—

in relation to a building control authority, has the meaning given by section 46A;
in relation to a registered building control approver, has the meaning given by section 54B.

A registered building inspector commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse—

they give advice to a building control authority or registered building control approver—
in relation to work which is outside the scope of their registration, or
while their registration is suspended, and
they know, or ought to know, that the authority or approver is obtaining that advice for the purposes of section 46A or 54B (restricted functions).

A registered building inspector commits an offence if, with intent to deceive, they do anything which implies that work which is outside the scope of their registration is within the scope of their registration.

A registered building inspector whose registration is suspended commits an offence if, with intent to deceive, they do anything which implies that their registration is not suspended.

For the purposes of this section, work is outside the scope of a registered building inspector's registration if the inspector's registration does not have effect in relation to work of that description.

An offence under this section is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.