{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-17.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/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Preparation of sites and resistance to moisture",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a building shall be so constructed as to protect the building and its users from harmful effects caused by –\n(a) moisture rising from the ground; and\n(b) precipitation.\n(2) This regulation shall not apply to a building where penetration of moisture from outside will result in effects no more harmful than those likely to arise from use of the building.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am. (heading added)",
      "affecting": "ssi/1999/173",
      "affecting_title": "The Building Standards and Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2179/regulation/17",
    "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."
}