Regulation 2 Amendment of Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990

The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs:–

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)–

In regulation 9 (compliance with building standards) for “33”, there shall be substituted “32”.

For regulation 10 (fitness of materials) there shall be substituted–

“Fitness of materials and workmanship

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Construction to meet a requirement of these Regulations must be carried out in a technically proper and workmanlike manner, and the materials used must be durable, and fit for their intended purpose.”.

For regulation 13 there shall be substituted–

“Means of escape from fire, facilities for fire-fighting and means of warning of fire

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(1)

Every building shall be provided with–

(a)

adequate means of escape in event of fire; and

(b)

adequate fire-fighting facilities.

(1A)

Every dwelling, all residential accommodation and all enclosed shopping centres shall be provided with adequate means of warning the occupants of an outbreak of fire.

(2)

This regulation shall not be subject to specification in a notice served under section 11 of the Act in respect of–

(a)

buildings of purpose sub-groups 1B and 1C; and

(b)

buildings to which the Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976^f5 apply.”.

For paragraph (2) of regulation 22 there shall be substituted–

“(2)

This regulation shall apply to all buildings other than–

(a)

a building which is unheated or which has a space heating system for protection against frost designed to give a maximum output not exceeding 25 watts per square metre of floor area; or

(b)

unheated parts of a building of purpose sub-group 1A that do not form part of a dwelling.”.

For regulations 24 (drainage), 25^f6 (sanitary facilities) and 25A^f7 (sanitary facilities for disabled people) there shall be substituted–

“Drainage

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A building shall be provided with adequate drainage to ensure the safe and hygienic disposal of wastewater from the building, and of surface water from the building and paved surfaces within the curtilage of the building.

Sanitary facilities

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, all buildings shall be provided with adequate and suitable sanitary facilities.

(2)

This regulation shall not apply in relation to numbers of sanitary facilities in a building or any part of a building to which the School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 to 1979^f8 apply.

(3)

This regulation shall not be subject to specification in a notice served under section 11(2) of the Act.”.

In Schedule 1^f9 (exempted classes of buildings)–

In Schedule 2^f10 (fixtures not requiring a warrant) in category 4, in the exceptions in column 3, for the word “wall” there shall be substituted the word “material”.

In Schedule 3 (classification of buildings by purpose)–

In Schedule 5 (rules of measurement), for paragraphs 1^f11 and 1A^f12 there shall be substituted–

“1

The area of–

(a)

a single-storey building for the purpose of regulation 3 shall be taken to be the total area, excluding any gallery or openwork floor;

(b)

a storey shall be taken to be the total floor area of all floors within that storey, including the floor area of any gallery or openwork floor;

(c)

a room excludes any built-in furniture extending from the floor to the ceiling and in the case of a dwelling any part of the room where the height is less than 1.5 metres;

(d)

a compartment shall be taken to be the total floor area of all storeys within that compartment;

(e)

an enclosed shopping centre shall be taken to be the total floor area of all storeys.”.