{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2179",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Structural fire precautions",
  "text": "(1) Every building shall be so constructed that, for a reasonable period, in the event of fire–\n(a) its stability is maintained;\n(b) the spread of fire and smoke within the building is inhibited; and\n(c) the spread of fire to and from other buildings is inhibited.\n(2) This regulation shall not be subject to specification in a notice served under section 11 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2179/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:58:22.753789+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."
}