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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations with effect from 9th July 2015 to provide that standard 6.9 (which requires an energy performance certificate to be displayed in a prominent place within certain buildings) applies to public buildings with a floor area of more than 250 square metres, in implementation of Article 13 of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19th May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010 p.13).

Regulation 3 amends Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations with effect from 1st October 2015 to remove paragraph (c) from the limitation to standard 6.3. This is subject to the transitional provisions in regulation 4.