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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2179",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990",
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  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Means of escape from fire and facilities for fire-fighting",
  "text": "(1) Every building shall be provided with–\n(a) adequate means of escape in the event of fire; and\n(b) adequate fire-fighting facilities.\n(2) This regulation shall not be subject to specification in a notice served under section 11 of the Act in respect of–\n(a) buildings of purpose sub-groups 1B and 1C; and\n(b) buildings to which the Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976 apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/2003, amended by S.I. 1985/1333 and 1987/37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "ssi/1999/173",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Standards and Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst (4.3.2002)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2001/320",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1457",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1457",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2179/regulation/13",
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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."
}