# In England a council must get a registered building inspector's advice before every compliance notice, stop notice or completion certificate, and inspections go through one

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20240406-building-inspector-6
Date: 2024-04-06 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

England. Section 46A of the Building Act 1984 (inserted by the Building Safety Act 2022) says a building control authority may carry out a restricted activity only through a registered building inspector, and before each exercise of a restricted function must obtain and consider a registered building inspector's advice. These regulations prescribe the activities (checking plans; carrying out inspections and scheduling them) and the functions (among them completion certificates, deciding whether there is a contravention, compliance notices and stop notices). In force from 6 April 2024; local authorities only. For functions the law requires advice, not that the inspector decides, and it does not restrict the tools used.

## Source

- legislation.gov.uk — The Building (Restricted Activities and Functions) (England) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/1052, regulation 3 (made 19 September 2023; in force 6 April 2024), prescribing for section 46A of the Building Act 1984 — https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1052/made (primary source)

## What this means

In England, approving, refusing and enforcing building work cannot happen without a registered inspector's judgement.

## What it does not show yet

For enforcement the law requires the inspector's advice, not the inspector's decision, and it covers local authorities only.

## How to verify it yourself

Open The Building (Restricted Activities and Functions) (England) Regulations 2023, regulation 3, and find "giving a stop notice under section 35C".


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