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Paragraph 1.1 StructureF1

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Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that the loadings that are liable to act on it, taking into account the nature of the ground, will not lead to:

(a)

the collapse of the whole or part of the building;

(b)

deformations which would make the building unfit for its intended use, unsafe, or cause damage to other parts of the building or to fittings or to installed equipment; or

(c)

impairment of the stability of any part of another building.

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Textual amendments

F1

Schs. 1-6 substituted (1.5.2007) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/534), regs. 1, 2(c), sch. (with regs. 3, 4)