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Annex D How CDM 2015 applies to domestic clients

Does the project involve construction work on a client’s home or the home of
their relative(s), which is not being carried out in connection with a business?
No
Yes
The client is a commercial
Will the work be carried out by client and client duties under
No CDM 2015 apply in full.
someone on the client’s behalf?
The work is classed as DIY Yes
and CDM 2015 does not apply.

The client is a domestic client.

Will the work involve more than one
No
contractor?

The contractor will take on the client
duties as well as their own as the Yes
contractor.
Has the domestic client appointed
a principal designer and principal No
contractor under CDM 2015?
• The contractor in control of the
Yes construction work will be the
principal contractor and will also
take on the client duties
Does the domestic client want
No the principal contractor to and
manage their project? • the designer in control of the
design work (e.g. the architect)
The domestic client should agree in will be the principal designer.
writing with the principal designer Yes
that the principal designer will take
on the client duties as well as
their own. The principal contractor will
take on the client duties as well
as their own.

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