Clause 6 - Proper person
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill
11:15 am
Mr Andrew Stunell (Chief Whip; Hazel Grove, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 10, in
clause 6, page 6, line 25, leave out from 'may' to end of line 29 and insert—
'(a) provide for requiring that, in prescribed circumstances, a person of a prescribed class or description is to give to a local authority or an approved inspector a certificate to the effect that the requirements of building regulations as to matters of a prescribed description are satisfied;
(b) provide for requiring that such certificates be given within such periods or at such times and in such forms as may be prescribed;
(c) provide that a local authority or an approved inspector is not to exercise or perform a prescribed power or duty unless—
(i) such a certificate has been given to them or him; or
(ii) such a certificate has been given to them or him and the certificate has been accepted by them or him;
(d) make provision as to—
(i) the acceptance of such certificates by local authorities and approved inspectors; and
(ii) other steps to be taken by local authorities or approved inspectors in connection with such certificates.'.