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Building control chief warns of chaos to council services if competence rules are enforced from April
LABC boss tells government new rules requiring inspectors to be registered and certified should be postponed for six months
The chief executive of Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has warned that a “significant number” of local authorities will be unable to undertake building control services from April.
Lorna Stimpson, in a letter to the Building Safety Regulator, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government, warned that councils will cease providing services unless a deadline to prove competence is extended.
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