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9. After the end of regulation 17, insert—
17A.—(1) A local authority shall within the specified period give a completion certificate in respect of part or all of a building where building work is being carried out and where all of the following circumstances apply—
(a)part or all of the building is to be occupied before the work is completed;
(b)the building is subject to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005; and
(c)the authority is satisfied, after taking all reasonable steps, that, regardless of completion of the current building work, those parts of the building which are to be occupied before completion of the work currently comply with regulation 38 and Part B of Schedule 1.
(2) The specified period referred to in paragraph (1) is four weeks starting from the date that notice is received by the local authority in accordance with regulation 16(5).
(3) A certificate given in accordance with this regulation shall be evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that the requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with, and the certificate shall contain this wording.
(4) The certificate must include a statement describing its evidentiary effect, in terms substantially the same as paragraph (3).”.
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