{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2251",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 2 TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1990",
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 2\nFIXTURES NOT REQUIRING A WARRANT\nRegulation 4\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nCategory\nDescription\nExceptions\nNOTE\nNotwithstanding the fact that the fixtures listed in Categories 1 to 6, 8 and 10 in this Schedule do not require a warrant, they shall in all respects and in the manner of their fitting meet any relevant requirements of these Regulations (see section 6(1) of the Act). Fixtures in Categories 7, 7A and 9 shall also meet any relevant requirements of these Regulations, and it should be noted that section 6(8) of the Act applies to these categories.\n1\nA fixture or notice for which there is no requirement provided in these Regulations\n2\nAn outdoor sign which is subject to the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984\n3\nA heat-producing appliance which is subject to regulation 14\nAn associated chimney, flue-pipe or hearth, except a balanced flue as referred to in Category 4 below\n4\nA balanced flue serving a room-sealed appliance\nA flue which passes through a combustible wall\n5\nLining of a flue\n6\nProvision of thermal insulating material to or within a wall, ceiling, roof or floor\nApplication of thermal insulating material to the outer surface of an external wall\n7\nReplacement of a fixture or appliance, in whole or in part, by another of the same general type as that which it is replacing, including a sanitary appliance or sink (together with any relevant branch soil or waste pipe), rainwater gutter or downpipe, heat-producing appliance, electrical fixture, ventilation fan, chimney or flue outlet fitting or terminal, fire hydrant or main, lift, escalator, solid waste chute or container, door, or window\n7A\nReplacement, in whole or in part, by material of the same general type as that which it is replacing, of lining, cladding, covering or rendering of an internal or external wall, ceiling or roof\n8\nReplacement of a window by another which is not of the same general type as that which it is replacing\n9\nProvision of a sanitary appliance or sink (together with any relevant branch soil or waste pipe)\n10\nProvision of a stair lift within a dwelling\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 6(8) was amended by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38), section 3 and Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1(c), the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 15, paragraph 1 and Schedule 29, and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), Schedule 1, Part VII."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/467."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2251/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:12.026947+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."
}