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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-2.9",
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  "legislation_title": "The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/2.9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2.9",
  "heading": "Escape",
  "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 occupants, once alerted to the outbreak of the fire, are provided with the opportunity to escape from the building, before being affected by fire or smoke.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "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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