1

A local authority shall within the specified period give a completion certificate in all cases (including a case where a certificate has already been given under regulation 17A) where they are satisfied, after taking all reasonable steps, that, following completion of building work carried out on it, a building complies with the relevant provisions.

2

The specified period referred to in paragraph (1) is eight weeks starting from the date on which the person carrying out the building work notifies the local authority that the work has been completed.

2A

The relevant provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are any applicable requirements of the following provisions—

a

regulation 25A (high-efficiency alternative systems for new buildings),

b

regulation 26 (target CO² emission rates for new buildings),

c

regulation 29 (energy performance certificates),

d

regulation 36 (water efficiency of new dwellings),

e

regulation 38 (fire safety information), and

f

Schedule 1.

5

The certificate must include a statement describing its evidentiary effect, in terms substantially the same as paragraph(4).