reg 11C Domestic clients
(1) Where the client is a domestic client the duties in regulations 11A(1) to (3) and 11E(2) to (5) must be carried out by— (a) where there is only one contractor for a project, the contractor; (b) where there is more than one contractor for a project— (i) the principal contractor; or (ii) the principal designer where the client and the principal designer agree in writing the principal designer is to fulfil those duties. (2) If a domestic client fails to make the appointments required by regulation 11D (principal designer and principal contractor)— (a) the designer in control of the design phase of the project is the principal designer; (b) the contractor in control of the construction phase of the project is the principal contractor. (3) Regulation 11D(5) does not apply to a domestic client.