Contravention and enforcement of the Building Regulations

What happens if I contravene the Building Regulations?

The Local Authority has a duty to enforce the Building Regulation, this is normally carried out by informal means, if something is wrong then they will ask you to put it right. The Building Regs is not concerned with safety on site but with the building work.

Where an approved inspector is carrying out the building control service the responsibility for checking that the Building Regulations are complied with lie with the inspector. However we do not have enforcement powers and if the work does not comply and the Builder/Owner will not carry out the work we have to cancel the initial notice and hand back to the Local Authority who will then have enforcement powers to require you to alter the work if they think necessary.

In reality if something is wrong on site this is usually put right once it has been pointed out and enforcement action is very rare.