The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Made: 16th September 2008

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 18th September 2008

Coming into force: 4th January 2009

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

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These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 4th January 2009.

Amendment of regulations

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• (1) The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004[^f00002] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “dwelling” insert–

• “energy performance certificate” has the same meaning as in the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008[^f00003].

• (3) In Schedule 3 (descriptions of building and work not requiring a warrant) after paragraph 15 insert–

(15A) Any work associated with affixing an energy performance certificate to a building.

• (4) In Schedule 5 for standard 6.9(a) and (b) (energy performance certificates) substitute–

(a) an energy performance certificate for the building is affixed to the building; and

Signed

STEWART STEVENSON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the “principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations is amended to insert a definition of “energy performance certificate” (article 2(2) and 2(3)).

Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations sets out certain types of work that must comply with building regulations but do not require a warrant. Schedule 3 is amended to include work that involves affixing an energy performance certificate to a building type=start time=1224154163648(article 2(3))type=end time=1224154163648.

Standard 6.9 of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations is amended to reflect the definition of “energy performance certificate” type=start time=1224154193399(article 2(4))type=end time=1224154193399.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 8.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2004/406, as amended by S.S.I. 2006/534 and S.S.I. 2007/166.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2008/309.