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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations further amend the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/1066) (“the 1985 Regulations”) and provide that, where the Secretary of State has designated one or more bodies under the Building Act 1984 and the 1985 Regulations for the purpose of approving inspectors, all applications for approved inspector status shall be made to a designated body. Hitherto, bodies corporate wishing to be approved inspectors were required to apply to the Secretary of State, whilst individuals wishing to be approved inspectors were required to apply to a designated body.
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Last updated:
15 May 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations make further amendments to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (the “1990 Regulations”) and the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1981. The amendments take account of the evolution of building practices in the areas of fire prevention and building ventilation, and give effect to some provisions of Directive 93/76/EEC (to limit carbon dioxide emissions by improving energy efficiency).
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Last updated:
12 May 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations amend the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulation 1985 (the principal regulations) as a consequence of the Deregulation (Building) (Initial Notices and Final Certificates) Order 1996. That Order, amongst other things, provides for an amendment to an initial notice by way of an amendment notice.
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Last updated:
5 May 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations make further amendments to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990. Regulation 25 is amended to apply the requirement to provide adequate sanitary facilities to all buildings except school premises, for which provision is made elsewhere. A new Schedule 1 is substituted to clarify the descriptions of some classes of exempted buildings and to expand on the exceptions to certain classes of exempted buildings, principally to ensure that buildings on land which has harmful or dangerous substances within its boundaries remain subject to the Regulations. A new Schedule 2 is substituted to include 2 further categories of fixtures not requiring a warrant, and to clarify the description of some fixtures which may be replaced. Schedule 5 is amended to clarify the rules of measurement of (a) the area of a room and of (b) height and depth (i) of a storey of a building and (ii) in circumstances where the ground is not level. The Regulations amend the definition of “Technical Standards” to allow the substitution of pages dated November 1996 in parts A, B, G, M and P of the Technical Standards. These substitutions reflect the changes made by these Regulations, update the British Standards references in parts B and P and make other minor drafting and updating changes.
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Last updated:
5 May 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
Part II of the Building Act 1984 (“The 1984 Act”) makes provision for private sector building control through Approved Inspectors. Part II provides for the giving of initial notices by an Approved Inspector which if accepted by the relevant local authority removes the work to which the notice relates from supervision by the authority. Such a notice may be cancelled or withdrawn but may not be amended.
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Last updated:
5 May 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations make further amendments to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 by modifying the requirements in relation to construction of buildings consisting of five or more storeys and as to the provision of protective barriers; amending the application of the requirement to provide sanitary facilities; laying down new safety requirements for roof and window access; and extending the requirements for facilities for disabled people, in particular access to the upper floors of buildings. Amendment of the definition of “Technical Standards” at regulation 2(2) provides through the substitute pages dated June 1994 mentioned therein, the means of compliance with these new requirements and gives effect to other minor changes including requiring a suitable means of escape from buildings for disabled people in the event of fire, reducing an onerous width requirement on common stairs in blocks of flats, simplifying requirements for spiral stairs and extending the ran ffige of equivalent standards which, along with any standard or specification named in the Technical Standards, will be deemed in accordance with regulation 9(2) of the 1990 Regulations to satisfy the relevant requirements.
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Last updated:
27 April 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations amend the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 by introducing a requirement for the provision in dwellings of adequate means of warning of an outbreak of fire (smoke alarms). Amendment of the definition of “Technical Standards” at regulation 2(2) gives effect, through the substitute pages mentioned therein, to this new requirement and to a number of other minor changes being made to the standards to remove inconsistencies and for clarification purposes.
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Last updated:
3 April 2017
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United Kingdom Statutory Instrument
These Regulations revoke and replace the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981 to 1987. The Regulations apply to any construction, alteration or change of use of a building, subject to certain exceptions (regulation 3 and Schedule 1). The Regulations come into force on 1st April 1991 but do not apply where application for the building warrant was made before that date (regulation 34(2)).
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Last updated:
17 March 2017
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Scottish Statutory Instrument
These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”).
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Last updated:
7 March 2017
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Scottish Statutory Instrument
These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”).
Published by: Queen's Printer for Scotland
Last updated:
7 March 2017