Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/159 |
| Year | 1991 |
1991 No. 159 (S. 14)
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991
Made 28th January 1991
Laid before Parliament 18th February 1991
Coming into force 1st April 1991
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(4), 4(8), 9(1), 24(1)(b) and 29(1) of and Schedule 3 to the Building (Scotland) Act 19591and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on Ist April 1991.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Building (Scotland) Act 1959;
“the principal Regulations” means the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 19812.
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2. The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3. In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a) the definitions of “affected proprietor” and “roads authority”3shall be omitted;
(b) in the definition of “building standards regulations”4for the words “Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981 to 1987” there shall be substituted the words “Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 19905;”
(c) for the definition of “disabled person”6there shall be substituted the following definition:—
““disabled people” means persons with a physical, hearing or sight impairment which affects their mobility or their use of buildings;”;
(d) after the definition of “fire authority” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““legible” means capable of being read with the naked eye”; and
(e) after the definition of “site” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““Technical Standards” means the Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 19907issued by the Scottish Office and dated October 1990;”.
4. In regulation 4 (duration of warrant) in paragraph (b) for the words “on application made to them at any time” there shall be substituted the words “during the period of validity of the warrant (including any extended period so approved), on application made to them”.
5. In regulation 6 (certificate of completion) there shall be inserted at the end the words “from the date on which the local authority receive the application”.
6. In regulation 7 (fees)8in paragraph (2)—
(a) for the word “persons” there shall be substituted the word “people”; and
(b) for the words “in occupancy sub-group Al or A2 of” there shall be substituted the words “of purpose group 1 specified in Schedule 3 to”.
7. In regulation 20 (preparation of draft direction) in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) for the words from “in Parts D, E or F” to “or balconies,” there shall be substituted the words “by regulations 12, 13, 14 or 15 of the buildings standards regulations as read with Parts D, E or F of the Technical Standards, as the case may be, or by regulation 32 of the building standard regulations as read with Part S of the Technical Standards in so far as that regulation and that Part relate to escape stairs and their associated landings,”.
8. In regulation 21 (determination of application) in paragraph (1) after the words “Provided that” there shall be inserted the following:—
“—
(a)
(a) if within the said period all of the persons mentioned in regulation 20(2) notify the local authority that they are content with the draft direction, the local authority may determine the application at any time after receipt of the last such notification; and
(b)
(b) ”.
Regulation 40 (applications under section 8) shall be omitted.
9. Regulation 40 (applications under section 8) shall be omitted.
10. In regulation 42 (procedure) the words “subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of regulation 40” shall be omitted.
11. In regulation 44 (orders relating to dangerous buildings,) paragraph (1)(b) shall be omitted.
12. In regulation 48 (decisions of local authority) in paragraph (1)(c) the words “or an application under section 8 of the Act” shall be omitted.
13. In regulation 49 (maintenance of records) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“3 Where an application for a warrant or a direction is granted the local authority shall retain the principal plans lodged with reference to the application or a copy thereof in any form which enables the plans to be inspected or reproduced in legible form.”.
14. In regulation 51 (notices regarding operations) for paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall he substituted the following paragraph:—
“(b)
“(b) in the case of a drain which is ready to be tested for the purpose of item 12 of the deemed to satisfy provision in the Technical Standards applicable to paragraph M2.1 of those Standards, that the drain has been laid and is ready for test.”.
15. In Schedule 1 (plans to be submitted with application)—
(a) for the Table of Particulars there shall be substituted the Table of Particulars set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b) in paragraph 2(a) the words “and any external drying green where applicable” shall be omitted;
(c) paragraph 2(f) shall be omitted;
(d) for paragraph 10 there shall he substituted the following paragraph:—
“10.—(1) A statement showing by what manner the applicant proposes to demolish the building.
(2) A statement providing...
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