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It's privatisation by the back door. Now there are 'Independent Inspection Officers' to 'promote competition' and the supposed advantage of using them is that (whilst often more expensive) is that they are 'more flexible' on a range of issues. So public control departments still exist, but big developers etc don't use them and normally employ their own as they can just self-certify on the quality of work that's been done, compliance etc.
As I said, since this system has been brought in, the number of instances of contractors being denied certification or instructed to undertake remedial work has slumped to zero. Which anyone might think is quite strange...
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Didn't quite get this. So it used to be that inspections were done by civil servants but now you will have to hire independent surveyors? And in the privatisation process one also removed certain obligations to have the surveys done? The motivations of stingy landlords to avoid inspections is obvious, but where are the insurance companies in all of this?