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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/119",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”) and come into force on 1st May 2009. Regulation 2(2) amends Schedule 1 to the 2004 Regulations to restrict the exemption from regulations 8 to 12 to paved areas or hardstanding not greater than 50 square metres in area. Schedule 3 to the 2004 Regulations sets out certain types of work that must comply with building regulations but does not require a warrant. Regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 3 to include certain works done to prisons (and other buildings such as police cells court custody suites), the Scottish Parliament and property owned by Her Majesty in Her private capacity. Regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 3 to the effect that work to construct paved areas or hardstanding the area of which is greater than 50 square metres but not greater than 200 square metres will not require a building warrant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/119/note",
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  "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."
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