25Variation of approval

25 Variation of approval

25 Variation of approval

(1) A building approval for building work may be varied with the consent of the approval authority appointed for the building work.

(2) The approval authority may consent to the variation if satisfied that the building approval would still have been issued if the variation had been included as part of the application.

(3) The approval authority must keep a record of variations in accordance with the regulations.

(4) The regulations may make provision about variations, including—

(a) prohibiting certain variations, or

(b) restricting the circumstances in which consent to a variation may be given, or

(c) imposing requirements about recording variations and giving the Secretary or other persons or agencies access to the records.