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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-2.3",
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  "legislation_title": "The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/2.3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "Structural protection",
  "text": "Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that in the event of an outbreak of fire within the building, the load-bearing capacity of the building will continue to function until all occupants have escaped, or been assisted to escape, from the building and any fire containment measures have been initiated.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
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      "affecting_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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