Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1981. The principal changes are as follows:
the updating of references to the building standards regulations to take account of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (SI 1990/2179) and their supporting volume, the Technical Standards (ISBN 0-11-494105-X), and consequential amendments (regulations 3, 6, 7, 14, 15(a) and (b));
an amendment to clarify that extensions to warrants may only be granted during the life of the warrant (regulation 4);
an amendment concerning the 14 days allowed to local authorities to consider an application for a certificate of completion to clarify that this period starts from the date on which the local authority receive the application (regulation 5);
an amendment to allow local authorities to grant a relaxation of the building standards regulations as soon as all parties concerned have indicated they are content with the draft direction (regulation 8);
an amendment giving local authorities discretion as to the form in which plans are retained for record purposes (regulation 13);
amendment to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
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to require more information with applications for demolition warrants;
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to allow local authorities more discretion concerning the acceptance of simpler plans; and
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to oblige local authorities to accept plans drawn on polyester film (regulation 15(d), (f) and (g)).
Transitional provision is made in regulation 16 to take account of the continued operation of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981 to 1987 in certain circumstances after 1st April 1991.
Copies of the Technical Standards referred to in these Regulations are available from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.