Regulation 5
Duty to retrofit
of Building Control (Retrofitting of Casement Windows) Order 2004
For the purposes of section 22B(1) of the Act, where any casement window to which this Order applies has been installed on or forms part of a building before 1st October 2004, the person responsible for that casement window shall engage an approved window contractor to carry out retrofitting of that casement window —
where the casement window is 5 years old or older on 1st October 2004, within the grace period of 12 months starting from 1st October 2004; or
where the casement window is less than 5 years old on 1st October 2004 —
within the grace period of 12 months starting from 1st October 2004; or
within the period before the casement window attains the prescribed age of 5 years,whichever period is longer.