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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-6.9",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/406",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/6.9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6.9",
  "heading": "Energy Performance Certificates",
  "text": "Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that–\n(a) an energy performance certificate for the building is affixed to the building; and\n(c) the energy performance certificate is displayed in a prominent place within the building.\nLimitation\n(a) This standard does not apply to–\n(i) buildings which do not use fuel or power for controlling the temperature of the internal environment;\n(ii) non-domestic buildings and buildings that are ancillary to a dwelling that are stand-alone having an area less than 50 square metres;\n(iii) conversions, alterations and extensions to buildings other than—\n(aa) alterations and extensions to stand-alone buildings having an area less than 50 square metres that would increase the area to 50 square metres or more; and\n(bb) alterations to buildings involving the fit-out of the building shell which is the subject of a continuing requirement;\n(iv) limited life buildings which have an intended life of less than 2 years.\n(b) Standard 6.9(c) only applies to buildings—\n(i) with a floor area of more than 250 square metres;\n(ii) into which members of the public have an express or implied licence to enter; and\n(iii) which are visited by members of the public on at least a weekly basis.",
  "extent": "S",
  "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 6.9(a) substituted for para. 6.9(a)(b) (4.1.2009) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/310), regs. 1, 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 6.9 substituted (1.10.2015) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/219), regs. 1, 2(3) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 6.9 substituted (9.1.2013) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/209), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 6.9 substituted (9.7.2015) by The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/218), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2025/417",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2025/417",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2025/417",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/406/schedule/5/paragraph/6.9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:41.303941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}