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The Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/160 · Made 28 January 1991

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BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

Made 28th January 1991

Laid before Parliament 18th February 1991

Coming into force 1st April 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 24(1)(a) of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1959 c. 24.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule INDEX OF PRESCRIBED FORMS
  6. Explanatory note

1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2)

Any form referred to in these Regulations by number means the form so numbered in the Schedule hereto and any reference in these Regulations to the Act is a reference to the Building (Scotland) Act 1959.

2

The forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby prescribed as the forms of any notice or other document which is required or authorised to be used under or for the purposes of the Act.

3

The Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1975f1 and the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1981f2 are hereby revoked.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th January 1991

INDEX OF PRESCRIBED FORMS

Form NoTitle
1Application for Relaxation of Building Standards Regulations
2Relaxation Direction
3Relaxation of Building Standards Regulations - Appeal to the Secretary of State
4Application for Building/Demolition/Change of Use Warrant
5Building Warrant
6Demolition Warrant
7Application for Amendment of Building Warrant
8Application for Certificate of Completion
9Compliance Certificate for Electrical Installation
10Certificate of Completion
11Application for Temporary Occupation/Use
12Authorisation of Temporary Occupation/Use
13Application for Extension of Period of Use of Building Intended to have a Limited Life
14Notice under section 10 to Show Cause Why Building Operations should not be Executed
15Order under section 10 Requiring the Execution of Building Operations
16Notice under section 11 Requiring Owner to Show Cause why Building should not Conform to Building Standards (Scotland) Regulation 19-
17Order under section 11 to Make Building Conform to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 19-
18Notice Requiring Operations on a Dangerous Building
19Notice of Intention to make Order Requiring Operations on a Dangerous Building
20Order under section 13 requiring Owner to Carry Out Operations on a Dangerous Building
21Notice to Remove from a Dangerous Building or Adjacent Building
22Certificate that a Building is a Source of Immediate Danger
23Certificate that Order has been made under section 13 Requiring Building to be Demolished
24Notice of Intention to Enter Premises
25Authority to Enter Premises
26Charging Order

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and re-enact with amendments the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1975, as amended. The number of forms has been reduced from 31 to 26 by merging forms, where possible, and deleting those no longer required. All the forms now included have been drafted in a more user-friendly style.

The Regulations prescribe the forms which should be used for applications, orders warrants, directions, notices etc for the purposes of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959.