Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/1878 |
| Year | 1982 |
1982 No. 1878 (S. 203)
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 198220thDecember 1982
11thJanuary 1983
28thMarch 1983
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(1) of, as read with the Fourth Schedule to, the Building (Scotland) Act 1959(a) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, and having consulted the Building Standards Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to me to be representative of the interests concerned, I hereby make the following regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1982, and the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981(b) and these regulations may be cited together as the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981 and 1982.
(2) These regulations shall come into operation on 28th March 1983. Interpretation
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) "the building standards regulations" means the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981 and other words and expressions have the same meanings as in the said regulations;
(b) any reference to a Part, regulation, Table or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Part or regulation of, or Table or Schedule to, the building standards regulations.
Transitional provisions
3. In relation to the granting of a warrant for the construction or change of use of a building where application therefor was made before the date of the coming into operation of these regulations, and in relation to any subsequent extension of the period of validity of such a warrant or amendment of its terms,
(a) 1959 c. 24.
(b) S.I. 1981/1596.
these regulations shall not be treated as haying amended the building standards regulations for the purpose of construing the words "building standards regulations" in section 6(2), (3), (3A), (7) and (8) and sections 6A and 10 of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959(c).
Amendment of the building standards regulations
4. The building standards regulations shall be amended in accordance with these regulations.
5. In regulation A5(1)—
(i) in the definition of "DISPLAY WINDOW" for the words "Section II" there shall be substituted "Section I";
(ii) in the definition of "DOOR" for the words "Section II" there shall be substituted "Section I";
(iii) the definition of "EXTERNAL WALL" shall be deleted;
(iv) the definition of "OPENING" for the purposes of regulation J4 shall be deleted;
(v) in the definition of "OPENING" for the purposes of Section II of Part J for the words "Section II" there shall be substituted "Section I";
(vi) for the definition of "PERIMETER WALLS" there shall be substituted the following definition—
"PERIMETER WALLS in Part J means—
(a) in relation to a building of occupancy sub-group Al or A2, all the walls which together enclose all parts of each house (including any associated accommodation referred to in column (3) of Schedule 1) which comprises, or forms part of, the building, excluding—
(i) any part of the building referred to in paragraph (d) of regulation Jl; and
(ii) any wall between a ventilated space and the external air; and
(b) in relation to a chalet in occupancy sub-group A3, all the walls which together enclose all parts of the chalet, excluding—
(i) any part of the chalet referred to in paragraph (d) of regulation Jl; and
(ii) any wall between a ventilated space and the external air;"
(c) Section 6(2) and (3) were amended by Schedule 1 paragraph 1 to the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38); section 6(3A) was inserted by Schedule 7 paragraph 4(a) to the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (c. 37); section 6(8)(a) was repealed by Schedule 29 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65); section 6(8)(b) and (c) were substituted for section 6(8)(b) by section 3 of the Building (Scotland) Act 1970; section 6A was inserted by section 4 of the Building (Scotland) Act 1970; section 10(1), (2) and (4) were amended by Schedule 1 paragraph 3 and Schedule 2 to the Building (Scotland) Act 1970, and section 10(2) by Schedule 29 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; section 10(1A) and (IB) were inserted by Schedule 1 paragraph 3(b) to the Building (Scotland) Act 1970; references to "local authority" were substituted for references to "buildings authority" by Schedule 15 paragraph 1 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
(vii) the definition of "PERMANENT VENT" shall be deleted;
(viii) in the definition of "PLACE OF SPECIAL FIRE RISK" for the words "in regulation D4" there shall be substituted "in regulations D4 and E9";
(ix) before the definition of "RELEVANT AREA" the word "THE" shall be deleted;
(x) the definition of "ROOF" shall be deleted;
(xi) in the definition of "ROOF LIGHT OPENING" for the words "Section II" there shall be substituted "Section I";
(xii) in the definition of "SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT" before the words "Part J" there shall be inserted "Section I of";
(xiii) in the definition of "SURFACE RESISTANCE" before the words "Part J" there shall be inserted "Section I of";
(xiv) after the definition of "TEMPORARY BUILDING" there shall be inserted the following definition—
"THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY in regulation J7 has the meaning assigned to that expression by regulation J7(1)";
(xv) in the definition of "THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE COEFFICIENT" before the words "Part J" there shall be inserted "Section I of";
(xvi) in the definition of "U VALUE" for the words "Section II" there shall be substituted "Section I";
(xvii) in the definition of "VENTILATED SPACE" for the words "Section II of Part J" there shall be substituted "Section I of Part J and in Part G".;
(xviii) the definition of "WALL" for the purposes of regulation J4 shall be deleted;
(xix) in the definition of "WALL" for the purposes of Section II of Part J for the words "Section II of Part J" there shall be substituted "Section I of Part J and in Part G";
(xx) in the definition of "WALL BOUNDARY AREA" for the words "Section II of Part J" there shall be substituted "Section I of Part J and in Part G";
(xxi) in the definition of "WINDOW OPENING" for the words "Section II" there shall be substituted "Section I".
6. In regulation A9 for the reference "D19(5)" there shall be substituted "D19(3)".
7. In Table 2 to regulation D6, Periods of fire resistance, Part II in the column headed "Specified period of fire resistance" for "Hours (4)" and "Hours (5)" there shall be substituted respectively "Hours (5)" and Hours (6)".
8. In regulation D14(4)(c) for the words "a stairway enclosure to which regulation E10 applies" there shall be substituted "an enclosure to a stairway to which regulation E26 applies".
9. In the heading to regulation D16 for the word "Timber" there shall be substituted "Cladding".
10. In the Table to regulation El, Application to certain buildings, in the column headed "Regulations applying"—
(i) with respect to item 2, there shall be substituted—
"E2, E3, E4, E5(4), E6, E8, E10 (except paragraph (6)), El7, El8, E19 and E20";
(ii) with respect to item 3, there shall be substituted—
"E2, E3, E5(4), E6, E17, E18, E19 and E20".
11. In the proviso to regulation E5(5)—
(i) after the words "one direction of escape" there shall be inserted "which exceeds 4.5 metres in length";
(ii) after the words "self-closing door" there shall be inserted "or doors".
12. In proviso (ii)(A) to regulation E7(3) after the words "stairway enclosure" there shall be inserted "which complies with regulation E10(2)(a) and (b)".
13. In regulation E11—
(i) in paragraph (2) for the words "regulation D6 for the floor or floors penetrated by the stairway or escalator" there shall be substituted "Table 1 to regulation E2";
(ii) in paragraph (5)(c) for the words "escape routes so situated on the perimeter of the storey that they" there shall be substituted "exits so situated on the perimeter of the storey that an exit".
14. In regulation E15—
(i) in paragraph (3)(b) after the words "stairway enclosure" there shall be inserted "and any associated protected lobby";
(ii) in paragraph (4) between the words "maintained" and "lighting" there shall be inserted "emergency".
15. In regulation E22 for paragraph (7) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
"If there is fitted in the building a fire lift which complies with regulation E24, on each storey where there is an entrance to the fire lift there shall be at least one outlet not more than 4.5 metres distant from that entrance."
16. (i) In Table 1 to regulation E25, Flats, in the column headed "Internal layout"—
(a) with respect to item 1, after the words "private entrance hall" there shall be added "provided that there may be included in this heading a kitchen entered from a living room";
(b) with respect to item 4, for the words "conditions 1 and 2" there shall be substituted "condition 1";
(ii) In Table 2 to regulation E25, Maisonettes, in the column headed "Number of escape routes and alternative escape routes" with respect to items 3 and 4, the asterisk after the words "escape route" in both cases shall be deleted.
17. In regulation G2 for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
"(1) In this Part the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them by regulation A5(1)—
BUILDING
DRAIN
FOUNDATION
REASONABLY PRACTICABLE
ROOF SPACE
ROOM
SITE
SUB-SOIL WATER
VENTILATED SPACE
WALL"
18. After regulation G9 there shall be inserted the following regulation—
"G10 *Control of interstitial condensation
(1) In every building of occupancy sub-group Al or A2 or a chalet in occupancy sub-group A3, other than a chalet which is a temporary building, any—
(a) external wall;
(b) internal wall exposed to a ventilated space;
(c) wall or partition between a room and a roof space and the roof over that space;
(d) floor having its under surface exposed to the external air or to a ventilated space;
(e) roof (other than a roof over a ventilated...
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