APPROVED DOCUMENT L2A

Appendix A: Compliance checklist

1          The following table provides a checklist of the evidence that could be compiled to facilitate for developers and BCBs the processes of demonstrating compliance with Part L. The checklist prompts for the evidence that needs to be provided to allow the check to be made and who could produce the evidence.

2          For most steps, the evidence could be provided by a registered Competent Person or a suitably qualified person acting for the developer and may be accepted at face value at the discretion of the BCB dependent upon the credentials of the person making the declaration.  In the checklist, the ‘Produced by’ column indicates the expected source of the evidence, and the header and footer blocks of the checklist allow opportunity for the credentials of those submitting the evidence to be declared.  If the evidence is not produced by a registered Competent Person, BCBs have the discretion to accept evidence from other groups of appropriately qualified and/or experienced individuals.

3          The final two columns enable recording the results of the checks.

4          As an aid to monitoring during construction and compliance checking two versions of the checklist could be produced, one for the building as designed, the other for the building as constructed (see paragraph 27). The parts of the checklist that are not relevant are shown on the checklist as N/A.

5          Editable versions of the checklist can be downloaded from the ODPM website.

6          Other than the CO2 target that is mandatory, the other checks represent reasonable provision in normal circumstances.  In unusual circumstances, alternative limits may represent reasonable provision, but this would have to be demonstrated in the particular case.

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APPROVED DOCUMENT L2A (2006)

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3        Checklist for a new building that is not a dwelling

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