Mr. Noel Larkin:

We all agree reform is necessary. There needs to be clarification around the technical guidance documents, TGDs, because local authorities' hands are tied when it comes to them and the flexibility is not there. As Mr. Joe Kennedy mentioned, there is provision within the new Part M to allow flexibility when dealing with existing buildings or protected structures that can easily be applied back across all of the TGDs.

In a case where an assigned certifier is unhappy or falls out with a developer and is sacked, he or she must inform the local authority that his or her appointment has ceased and give reasons why. It cannot transfer to somebody else without the local authority being informed, if one is following the SI 9 strictly.