Are there penalties for contravening the Building Regulations?
If you contravene the Regulations by building without notifying the Council or by carrying out work, which does not comply, the Council can prosecute. If you are convicted, you are liable to a penalty. If you do not put the work right when asked to do so, the Council have power to do it themselves and recover costs from you.
Yes. If you contravene the regulations by building without notifying the Local Authority or by carrying out work, which does not comply, the Local Authority can prosecute. If you are convicted, you are liable to a penalty not exceeding 5,000 plus 50 for each day on which each individual contravention is not put right after you have been convicted. If you do not put the work right when asked to do so, the Local Authority have power to do it themselves and recover costs from you.
