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1988 No. 871

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988

Made

11th May 1988

Laid before Parliament

20th May 1988

Coming into force

13th June 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 3, 16(10), 34, 35, 50(3) and 126(1) of, and paragraphs 2, 5 and 10(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 13th June 1988.

Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985

2. The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985(3) are amended as follows-

(1) in Schedule 1 there shall be substituted-

(a)for "£75" in paragraphs 2 and 5, "£80", and

(b)for Tables 1 and 2, the following Tables-

"TABLE 1

Plan fee for erection of small domestic building

(1)(2)
Number of dwellingsAmount of, or for determining, plan fee
£
148
296
3144
4192
5240
6273
7305
8337
9369
10401
11417
12433
13449
14465
15481
16497
17513
18529
19545
20 or more561

TABLE 2

Inspection fee for erection of small domestic building

(1)(2)
Number of dwellings each having a total floor area exceeding 64mu22Amount for determining inspection fee
£
148
296
3144
4192
5240
6257
7273
8289
9305
10 or more321"

(2) in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted-

(a)in paragraph 1 for "£10", "£30" and "£40" respectively, "£11", "£33" and "£44", and

(b)for the Table in paragraph 2, the following Table-

"TABLE

Fees for certain domestic extensions and alterations

(1)(2)(3)
Type of workAmount of plan feeAmount of inspection fee
££

1. An extension or alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.

2266

2. Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20mu22, including means of access.

1133

3. Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which exceeds 20mu22 but does not exceed 40mu22, including means of access.

2266"

Transitional Provisions

3. These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 in relation to work in respect of which-

(1) a building notice was given or full plans were deposited (under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985(4)); or

(2) an initial notice or a public body's notice was given (under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984),

before 13th June 1988, notwithstanding that on or after that date a notice is or has been given, or plans are or have been deposited, in respect of substantially the same work.

Revocations

4. Regulations 2(3)(a) and (c) and (4) of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1986(5) are hereby revoked.

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

11th May 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 so as to increase the flat rate fees payable to a local authority-

(1) by approximately 7% in respect of the erection of small domestic building and connected work (Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations), and

(2) by approximately 10% in respect of the erection of certain garages, carports and the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to the 1985 Regulations).

Transitional provisions are contained in regulation 3. Regulation 4 revokes the provisions of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1986 which are superseded by these Regulations.

(1)

See the definition of "prescribed".

(3)

S.I. 1985/1576, amended by S.I. 1985/1936, 1986/2287 and 1987/798.

(4)

S.I. 1985/1065, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(5)

S.I. 1986/2287.


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