Section 6
Departure or deviation from approved building plans
(1)
Where the plans of any building works or proposed building works have been approved by the Authority under section 5(3)(a) and the
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qualified person, being an architect, of the building works intends to depart or deviate from the plans approved, that qualified person shall apply to the Authority for its approval of the amended plans showing the proposed departure or deviation.
(2)
An application under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by —
(a)
the amended plans of the building works prepared in accordance with the building regulations by the appropriate qualified person referred to in section 5(2)(b)(i) or (ii) or both, as the case may be;
(b)
in the case of major building works, a certificate from the following accredited checkers —
(i)
a certificate by an accredited checker stating that he has checked the amended plans relating to those building works and that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the amended plans so checked do not show any inadequacy in the key structural elements of the building to be erected or affected by those building works; and
(ii)
where the building works comprise wholly or partly of any underground building works, a certificate by an accredited checker (who may or may not be the same accredited checker referred to in sub-paragraph (i))
stating that the accredited checker has checked the amended geotechnical aspects of the underground building works and that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, there is no inadequacy in the geotechnical aspects relating to those underground building works; and
(c)
in the case of such major building works as the Authority may specify, a letter of endorsement from the qualified person (being a professional engineer) appointed by the qualified person (being an architect), stating that all plans relating to structural elements of the building works have been prepared by a member or an employee of his organisation who is also a professional engineer registered under the
Architects,
Professional
Engineers and
Quantity
Surveyors
Order, 2011 (S 33/2011);
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(d)
in the case of such major building works as specified by the
Authority under paragraph (c), where such building works comprise wholly or partly of any underground building works, another letter of endorsement by a professional engineer registered under the
Architects,
Professional
Engineers and
Quantity
Surveyors
Order, 2011 (S 33/2011) and has in force a practising certificate issued under section 25 of that Order, (who may or may not be the same professional engineer appointed by the qualified person) stating that he or a member or an employee of his organisation has checked the geotechnical aspect of those underground building works and that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, there is no inadequacy in the geotechnical aspects relating to those underground building works;
(e)
the certificate (in the form prescribed) signed by the qualified person appointed to prepare the amended plans of those building works, certifying that he prepared those amended plans.
(3)
The first approval granted under section 5 of any plans of building works shall lapse and be superseded to the extent that the amended plans relating to those same building works are approved under this section
(whether or not the approval also relates to other building works).