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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-procedure-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-57",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/428",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
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  "path": "regulation/57",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Maintenance of records",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to the building standards register.\n(2) The building standards register shall contain two parts as follows–\n(a) Part I which shall be in electronic form and shall consist of a list of applications including details of any certificates from approved certifiers and decisions and copies of notices served under sections 25 to 30 of the Act when issued, altered or withdrawn; and\n(b) Part II which shall consist of copy building warrants, copy completion certificates, copies of any certificates from approved certifiers submitted in support of building warrants or completion certificates, principal drawings and specifications, and all other documents submitted to the local authority for registration in the building standards register.\n(3) Part I of the building standards register shall be maintained by the local authority for all time.\n(4) Documents contained in Part II of the building standards register shall be retained by the local authority for a period of 25 years and thereafter for such period as the local authority having regard to any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers considers reasonable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2025/417",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025"
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      "affecting_title": "The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024"
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      "affecting_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025"
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      "affecting": "ssi/2007/167",
      "affecting_title": "The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/120",
      "affecting_title": "The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/120",
      "affecting_title": "The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2013/143",
      "affecting_title": "The Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/428/regulation/57",
    "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."
}