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Health Act 1956

Miscellaneous provisions

128A: Building Act 2004

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"Rules for checking buildings are safe and meet standards"

When you inspect a building or sitework as part of your job, you must check if it meets the rules of the Building Act 2004. If you think it does not comply, you have to tell the territorial authority in writing what the problems are. You can find out what the terms "building", "sitework", and "territorial authority" mean by looking at the Building Act 2004.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions

128ABuilding Act 2004

  1. Where any person making an inspection in accordance with section 128 believes that any building or sitework does not comply with the Building Act 2004, that person shall by notice in writing give to the appropriate territorial authority details of the respects in which the building or sitework is believed not to comply.

  2. For the purposes of this section, the terms building, sitework, and territorial authority have the meanings ascribed to them by the Building Act 2004.

Notes
  • Section 128A: inserted, on , by section 92(1) of the Building Act 1991 (1991 No 150).
  • Section 128A heading: replaced, on , by section 414 of the Building Act 2004 (2004 No 72).
  • Section 128A(1): amended, on , by section 414 of the Building Act 2004 (2004 No 72).
  • Section 128A(2): amended, on , by section 414 of the Building Act 2004 (2004 No 72).