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The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020

S.S.I. 2020/275 · Made 7 September 2020

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Building And Buildings

Made 7th September 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th September 2020

Coming into force 1st March 2021

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

In accordance with section 1(2) of that Act they have consulted with such persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 asp 8; section 1 was amended by section 6(2) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), schedule 1, paragraph 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2014/364.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 March 2021.

2Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004

(1)

The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

omit the definition of “high rise domestic building”,

(b)

after the definition of “sanitary facility” insert—

  • ““shared multi-occupancy residential building” means a residential building occupied as a sole or main residence by more than six individuals where those occupying the building, or part of the building, share the use of sanitary facilities or facilities for the preparation of cooked food with other persons occupying the building, or part of the building,”,

(c)

after the definition of “site” insert—

  • ““social housing dwelling” means a dwelling occupied by virtue of a Scottish secure tenancy within the meaning of section 11 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001f2,”.

(3)

In schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction) in the limitation to the standard contained in paragraph 2.15 (automatic fire suppression systems)—

(a)

omit paragraph (c),

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (d) omit “or”,

(c)

after paragraph (e) insert—

“(f)

is a building containing a flat or maisonette,

(g)

is a social housing dwelling, or

(h)

is a shared multi-occupancy residential building.”.

Signature

KEVIN STEWART

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th September 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. They amend building standard 2.15 in paragraph 2.15 of schedule 5 of those Regulations and insert relevant definitions into regulation 2. Building standard 2.15 requires certain buildings to be designed and constructed in such a way that, in the event of an outbreak of fire within the building, fire growth will be inhibited by the operation of an automatic fire suppression system. The amendments extend building standard 2.15 to apply to buildings containing flats or maisonettes, social housing dwellings and shared multi-occupancy residential buildings.