Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the “2004 Regulations”) and come into force on 3 April 2023.

Regulation 3 amends schedule 5 to introduce a mandatory standard for electric vehicle charging facilities. Regulation 4 amends schedule 6 to apply the new standard to conversions in certain circumstances. Regulation 5 makes transitional provision the effect of which is that the amended 2004 Regulations will not apply to work which does not require a building warrant and which is completed before 3 April 2023 or work which is not completed before that date where the contract for the work is entered into before that date and the work is completed before 1 July 2023.