Technical Booklet B Materials and Workmanship·Page 14·2.10
Sampling of materials
District councils may take samples of materials used or to be used in building work to establish compliance with Building Regulations provisions.
Regulation 16 in Part A allows a district council to take, as it considers necessary, samples of materials either used or to be used in building work, to establish if that material complies with the provisions of the Building Regulations.
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