Regulation 2 Construction or change of use of particular buildings

(1)

This regulation shall apply to an application made under section 4(1)(a) of the Act^f1 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.

(2)

The 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 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^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 4(1) was substituted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970, section 2(1).
f2: 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.