Planning, building and the environment

Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents

Published	11 September 2008
Type(s)	Circular and official letters, Legislation and policy
Site	Planning, building and the environment
Price	Free

Summary

This divisional letter informs Building Control Bodies about the provisions in the Statutory Instruments The Building (Electronic Communications) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2334), and amendments made to:

the Building Act 1984
the Building Regulations 2000 (as amended)
the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations (as amended)

The provisions will come into force on 1 October 2008.

The main change is the addition of a new section 94A to the Building Act which sets out the conditions under which the specified building control notices and documents may be given or served electronically.

A brief guidance note to help the adoption of electronic building control document communication has also been published as part of this divisional letter.

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