Significant Amendments Made To Building Inspection Legislation

The Regulation Concerning Amendments to the Regulation on the Practice of Building Inspections ("Regulation"), published in the Official Gazette dated 29 December 2018, has introduced major changes in the practice of construction inspections.

One of the most important changes concerns the choice of building inspection companies and how service agreements may be terminated. Once the changes go into effect, which inspection companies the owners may engage will be determined electronically by the Ministry.

The amendments will permit the termination of service agreements only in certain limited circumstances. Some of these are: (i) the parties not performing in accordance with the agreement's provisions; (ii) a change in the building's ownership; (iii) the owner's failure, following the execution of the contract, to obtain a construction license for a period of at least two months, and the owner's reporting to the competent administration that he/she no longer wishes