Explanatory note

These Regulations amend Part H (Resistance to the transmission of sound) of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981 to 1986. An amendment is also made to regulation Q5(9) on showers to permit the use of a wider range of components which meet British Standard specifications. The Regulations come into force on 21st September 1987, but do not apply to any construction or change of use of a building where application for the warrant was made before that date.

The requirements of Part H are re-stated in functional terms with the methods of compliance with the requirements given in a new Schedule 17 to the building standards regulations. Compliance can be achieved either by the use of specified constructions which replace the existing deemed-to-satisfy specifications or by meeting a performance standard which takes account of new British Standards for testing and calculating sound transmission.

Note: Copies of British Standards and British Standard Codes of Practice referred to in these Regulations may be purchased from the British Standards Institution, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE.