{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-procedure-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-procedure-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/428",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-procedure-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Making of a reference for a view",
  "text": "(1) A reference under section 12(1) of the Act to the Scottish Ministers for a view in relation to an application for a building warrant under section 9 of the Act (“the subject application”) shall be made by submitting to the Scottish Ministers such information as the Scottish Ministers may require to form a view in relation to the reference.\n(2) The person making the reference shall forthwith send a copy of the reference and of any accompanying documents to the applicant or, as the case may be, the verifier.\n(3) In the event that the Scottish Ministers express a view and intimate it in accordance with section 12(2) of the Act such intimation shall be accompanied by a notification of the fee payable in respect of that application, that fee shall be determined by the Scottish Ministers.\n(4) A reference for a view under section 12(1) of the Act shall not be accepted if it is submitted on or after the date of acceptance of a completion certificate in accordance with section 18 of the Act in respect of the work or conversion to which the subject application relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/428/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:29.031196+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."
}