TCM

Regulation 6 of CDM 2015 (assuming you are in GB) says that a notification must contain the information in Schedule 1, i.e.

1.  The date of forwarding the notice.

2.  The address of the construction site or precise description of its location.

3.  The name of the local authority where the construction site is located.

4.  A brief description of the project and the construction work that it entails.

5.  The following contact details of the client: name, address, telephone number and (if available) an email address.

6.  The following contact details of the principal designer: name, address, telephone number and (if available) an email address.

7.  The following contact details of the principal contractor: name, address, telephone number and (if available) an email address.

8.  The date planned for the start of the construction phase.

9.  The time allocated by the client under regulation 4(1) for the construction work.

10.  The planned duration of the construction phase.

11.  The estimated maximum number of people at work on the construction site.

12.  The planned number of contractors on the construction site.

13.  The name and address of any contractor already appointed.

14.  The name and address of any designer already appointed.

15.  A declaration signed by or on behalf of the client that the client is aware of the client duties under these Regulations.

Note that for items 5-7 and 13-14 what is required is the name of the duty holder, NOT that of the human leading delivery of the function.

Regulation 6 subsection (c) says:

(3) The notice must—

(c) if necessary, be periodically updated.

So your debate comes down to what is “necessary”, which is not defined and you are not going to get much help from either the HSE website nor the guidance, L153 which has been described as “lite”.

If your 8 month delay on the site start date is on a 5 year construction programme, then it’s probably not particularly significant.

Conversely, if you have a 3 month programme, it’s likely that some Inspector has binned their copy of the F10 by now and they might be a bit miffed when they come across a site underway which they think hasn’t been notified.

You can of course put them right on this, but by this time their mindset might be unforgiving.

So, probably wise to do an update, just for the sake of keeping the peace with the regulator!

Edited by user 25 August 2020 12:43:25(UTC)  | Reason: Accidentally typed UK instead of GB - NI has its own parallel regs