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Vicarious visual or close-range inspection

Building Control (Periodic Inspection of Buildings and Building Façades) Regulations 2021

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—(1) It is the duty of an appointed competent person to carry out in person —(a)a visual inspection of the façade of a building under regulation 15(2)(a); and(b)a close-range inspection of the façade of a building under regulation 15(2)(b).(2) However, to discharge his or her duty under paragraph (1), an appointed competent person may carry out a visual inspection under regulation 15(2)(a) or a close‑range inspection under regulation 15(2)(b), by causing a façade inspector to carry out (as the case may be) the following under the direct supervision and control of the appointed competent person:(a)the visual inspection using a method, technology and equipment described in regulation 15(3);(b)the close-range inspection using a method, technology and equipment described in regulation 15(4).(3) Without limiting paragraph (1), if an appointed competent person uses an equivalent method, technology or equipment as approved by the Commissioner under regulation 15(2)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) to carry out a visual inspection under regulation 15(2)(a), or a close‑range inspection under regulation 15(2)(b), of the façade of a building but is not doing so in person, it is the duty of the appointed competent person —(a)to ensure that any person who is engaged to operate that equipment or any apparatus necessarily involved in that method or technology, does so —(i)in the presence of the appointed competent person, or a façade inspector who is under the direct supervision and control of the appointed competent person; and(ii)in accordance with the instructions of the appointed competent person; and(b)to personally review all photographs, images, readings or reports produced from the equipment or device used, in consultation with any other specially trained person where appropriate.

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