Regulation 9 Amendment of schedule 5 – building standards applicable to design and constructionI1

Scotland

In schedule 5—

(a)

after paragraph 3.27 (water efficiency) insert—

“Overheating risk
3.28
Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that the risk to the health of the occupants from overheating is reduced.
Limitation
This standard applies only to—
(a)
a unit of residential accommodation occupied by an individual, or individuals, living together as a family or as a single household,
(b)
a shared multi-occupancy residential building,”,

(b)

in paragraph 6.1 (carbon dioxide emissions)—

(i)

for the heading substitute “Energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions”,

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”,

(iii)

after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(d)
it is capable of reducing the energy demand of the building.”,

(iv)

in the limitation to the standard—

(aa)

for “This standard does not apply to–” substitute—

“(1)
Standard 6.1(b) only applies in respect of a building which is heated or cooled, or in which hot water is made available, by means of a direct emissions heating system.
(2)
This standard does not apply to—”

(bb)

at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of the new paragraph (2) omit “or”,

(c)

in paragraph 6.7 (commissioning building services)—

(i)

after “energy supply systems” insert “, control systems”,

(ii)

after “achieve” insert “effective operation and”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in force at 1.2.2023, see reg. 1(3) (as amended by S.S.I. 2022/340, reg. 2)

Notes on Part 3

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Pt. 3 heading substituted (30.11.2022) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/340), regs. 1, 2(3)