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The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009

S.S.I. 2009/150 · Made 21 April 2009

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BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

Made 21st April 2009

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54(2) and 59(1) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 asp 8.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement of provision
  3. 3Transitional provisions
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009.

(2)

In this Order–

  • “the Act” means the Building (Scotland) Act 2003;

  • “relevant work” means any work for the construction, demolition or conversion of a building or the provision of services, fittings or equipment in or in connection with a buildingf1.

2Commencement of provision

Section 53 of the Act comes into force on 1st May 2009.

3Transitional provisions

The Act does not bind the Crown in respect of any relevant work (including the design thereof) where–

(a)

the relevant work is commenced on or before 30th April 2009 and is completed on or before 30th April 2012; or

(b)

the relevant work is–

(i)

carried out pursuant to a contract entered into on or before 30th April 2009;

(ii)

commenced on or before 31st October 2009; and

(iii)

completed on or before 30th April 2012.

Signature

STEWART STEVENSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 53 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) which relates to Crown application into force on 1st May 2009 for all purposes.

Article 3 makes transitional arrangements for the Crown in respect of work in relation to the construction, demolition or conversion of buildings and the provision of services, fittings and equipment in buildings where:–

(a)

such work is commenced on or before 30th April 2009 and is completed on or before 30th April 2012; or

(b)

such work–

(i)

is carried out pursuant to a contract entered into on or before 30th April 2009;

(ii)

has commenced on or before 31st October 2009; and

(iii)

is completed on or before 30th April 2012.