{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "text": "(1) The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In Schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction)—\n(a) at the end of paragraph (e) of the limitation to the standard contained in paragraph 2.15 (automatic fire suppression systems: school buildings) insert “, other than a building forming part of an existing school or an extension to a school building where it is not reasonably practicable to install an automatic fire suppression system in that building or extension”;\n(b) in the limitation to the standard contained in paragraph 3.25 (solid waste storage) for “dwelling” substitute “flat or maisonette”;\n(c) after paragraph 3.26 (dungsteads and farm effluent tanks) insert—\n“Water efficiency\n3.27 Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that sanitary facilities with water efficient fittings which are designed for the prevention of undue consumption of water are installed.\nLimitation\nThis standard applies only to dwellings.”; and\n(d) in paragraph 7.1 (statement of sustainability)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “dwelling” insert “or school building containing classrooms”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), after “non-domestic building,” insert “other than a school building containing classrooms,”; and\n(iii) in paragraph (a) of the limitation to the standard contained in paragraph 7.1 omit from “, other than” to the end.\n(3) In Schedule 6 (building standards applicable to conversions), in paragraph 1(b), after “3.26” insert “, 3.27”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2004/406, as amended by S.S.I. 2006/534, 2008/310, 2009/119, 2010/32, 2011/120 and 211 and 2012/209."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 6 was substituted by S.S.I. 2006/534. There are amendments not relevant to this instrument."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/143/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:39:49.484935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}