The Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Made: 1st March 2023

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 3rd March 2023

Coming into force: 2nd April 2023

In accordance with section 1(2) of that Act 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 (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 2 April 2023.

Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022

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• (1) The Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022[^f00002] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In regulation 1 (citation and commencement) for “3 April” substitute “5 June”.

• (3) In regulation 5 (transitional provision)—

• (a) in paragraph (a) for “3 April” substitute “5 June”,

• (b) in paragraph (b)(i) for “3 April” substitute “5 June”,

• (c) in paragraph (b)(ii) for “1 July” substitute “1 September”.

Signed

JENNY GILRUTH — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 1st March 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (the “2022 Regulations”) and come into force on 2 April 2023.

Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations amends regulation 1 of the 2022 Regulations to change the date on which the 2022 Regulations come into force from 3 April 2023 to 5 June 2023.

Regulation 2(3) amends the transitional provision in regulation 5 of the 2022 Regulations so that the amendments made by the 2022 Regulations will not apply to work which does not require a building warrant which is completed before 5 June 2023 or not completed before that date where the contract for the work is entered into before 5 June 2023 and the work is completed on or before 1 September 2023.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 8. Section 1 was amended by section 6(2) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8). Paragraph 5(2) of schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2014/364.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2022/349.