Building Control Regulations 1997

Requirement to pay fee.

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23. (1) Subject to articles 3, 6 and 22, a fee shall be paid to a building control authority by a person—

(a) giving a commencement notice,

(b) making an application for a fire safety certificate, F51[a revised fire safety certificate, a regularisation certificate, a disability access certificate, a revised disability access certificate or the submission of a 7 day notice,]

(c) making an application for a dispensation or a relaxation.

(2) A fee shall be paid to the Board by a person making an appeal against a decision of a building control authority in relation to an application for—

(a) a fire safety certificate, F52[a revised fire safety certificate, a regularisation certificate, a disability access certificate, a revised disability access certificate,] or

(b) a dispensation or a relaxation.

(3) A fee shall be paid to a building control authority for a copy of—

(a) an entry in the register,

(b) a fire safety certificate, F53[a revised fire safety certificate, a regularisation certificate, a disability access certificate, a revised disability access certificate or a 7 day notice,]

(c) a document which indicates that a dispensation or a relaxation has been granted.

F54[(4) An additional administrative charge limited solely to the direct costs incurred by a building control authority in respect of scanning and uploading documentation on the Building Control Management System may be levied by the building control authority on the building owner, or a person assigned in accordance with these Regulations to act on the owners behalf, who seeks to submit plans, calculations, specifications, ancillary certificates and particulars relevant to a procedure for which a fee is required under sub-article (1) notwithstanding the availability of the Building Control Management System to receive such documentation in electronic form.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F51

Inserted (1.10.2009) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 351 of 2009), art. 12(1), in effect as per art. 2.

F52

Inserted (1.10.2009) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 351 of 2009), art. 12(2), in effect as per art. 2.

F53

Inserted (1.10.2009) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 351 of 2009), art. 12(3), in effect as per art. 2.

F54

Inserted (1.03.2014) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 9 of 2014), art. 14, in effect as per art. 2.