{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-relaxation-by-local-authorities-scotland-regulations-1991/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-relaxation-by-local-authorities-scotland-regulations-1991/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/158",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Standards (Relaxation by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-relaxation-by-local-authorities-scotland-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Construction or change of use of particular buildings",
  "text": "(1) This regulation shall apply to an application made under section 4(1)(a) of the Act for a direction dispensing with or relaxing any provision of the building standards regulations in the case of the construction or change of use of a particular building.\nThe power to dispense with or relax such a provision shall be exercisable by the local authority instead of by the Secretary of State except where—\n(a) the building consists of or contains an enclosed shopping centre, or\n(b) an application for a warrant under section 6 of the Act in respect of the building is referred to the Secretary of State under section 6A of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 4(1) was substituted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970, section 2(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 6 was amended and section 6A inserted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970, sections 3 and 4 respectively. Both provisions were also amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Schedule 15, paragraph 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/158/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:52:24.465264+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."
}