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Completion Certificate and Relevant Person

The Relevant Person (usually the property owner or developer) should submit a completion certificate to the local authority building standards service once building work is complete. This confirms that the work has been constructed in accordance with the building warrant and building regulations.

The Relevant Person is defined as follows:

• Where the work was not carried out on behalf of another person – then the person who undertook the work;

• If the work was carried out on behalf of another person – then that other person:

• If the property owner does not fall into either of the above categories and the person required to submit the completion certificate has failed to do so – then the property owner.

If you have used the services of a Certifier of Construction:

If you have used the services of a Certifier of Construction, they will issue you with a Certificate of Construction once the work is complete. This should be included with your completion certificate submission to tell your local authority that the finished work covered by the certificate meets the building regulations.

If you have used the services of a Certifier of Design AND they included design elements on Schedule 1 of the certificate:

If you have used the services of a Certifier of Design and they included design elements on Schedule 1 of the certificate, they will have advised you before submitting a building warrant application whether any design elements needed to be prepared by a specialist third party (usually in relation to specialist systems and components). This may have resulted in some design work having to be completed after you applied for your building warrant.

When your building warrant was granted, your local authority should have issued you with a Finalisation Notice (Form Q), to be completed by your Certifier of Design once they had checked the specialist designs. If you have not already returned the completed Form Q to your local authority, you must do so with your completion certificate. If not, your local authority will not be able to accept your completion certificate.