The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2009/119 |
| Year | 2009 |
2009 No. 119
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009
Made 20th March 2009
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 23th March 2009
Coming into force 1st May 2009
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 8(8) of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Building (Scotland) Act 20031and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 1(2) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 they have consulted with the Building Standards Advisory Committee and such other persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st May 2009.
Amendment of regulations
2.—(1) The Building (Scotland) Regulations 20042are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In Schedule 1 (exempted buildings) in paragraph 21 for “200” substitute “50”.
(3) In Schedule 3 (descriptions of building and work not requiring a warrant)–
(a)
(a) after paragraph 2 insert–
“2A. A building or any works to or in a building or the conversion of a building that is a prison or a building where a person may be legally detained or otherwise legally held in custody. Except – Any work which increases the floor area of the building by more than 100 square metres. Any demolition or alteration of the roof, external walls or elements of structure. Any work involving underpinning. Any work adversely affecting a separating wall. Any work involving a change in the method of wastewater discharge. Work, not being work of types 3 to 26 below, to a prison or a building where a person may be legally detained or otherwise legally held in custody having a storey, or creating a storey, at a height of more than 7.5 metres.
2B. A building or any work to or in a building or the conversion of a building that is the Scottish Parliament.
2C. A building or any work to or in a building or the conversion of a building belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates.”;
(b)
(b) in the heading before paragraph 3 for “types 1 and 2” substitute “types 1 to 2C”; and
(c)
(c) in paragraph 21 after “exceeding” insert “50 square metres in area but not exceeding”.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
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