{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1231",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BUILDING AND BUILDINGS\nMade 9th July 1987\nLaid before Parliament 24th July 1987\nComing into force 21st September 1987\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Building (Scotland) Act 1959, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and, as required by section 3(6) of that Act, having consulted the Building Standards Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1959 c. 24; section 3(2) and (3) were amended by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), Schedule 7, paragraphs 1(a) and (b) respectively; section 3(4) was amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65), section 19(2); section 3(7) was added by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Schedule 7, paragraph 1(c)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3(6) was substituted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38), section 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1231/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}