The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019

Made: 12th June 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 14th June 2019

Coming into force: 1st October 2019

In accordance with section 1(2) of that Act[^f00002] they have consulted with such 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 2019 and come into force on 1 October 2019.

Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004

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• (1) The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004[^f00003] are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) In schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction), in paragraph 2.4 (cavities)—

• (a) omit “unseen”, and

• (b) for “concealed spaces” substitute “cavities”.

Signed

KEVIN STEWART — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 12th June 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”), which set out functional standards for buildings.

Regulation 2(2) amends schedule 5 of the 2004 Regulations to provide that in terms of standard 2.4, buildings are to be designed and constructed in such a way that in the event of an outbreak of fire within the building the spread of fire and smoke within cavities in the structure and fabric of the building is inhibited.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 8.

[^f00002]: Section 1(2) was amended by section 6(2) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2004/406, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2006/534.