# The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990, Paragraph 1: Area


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 area of the floors within that storey or, if the building is compartmented, within a storey of a compartment, excluding any gallery or openwork floor;
(c) a room excludes any built-in fixture extending from the floor to the ceiling.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2179/schedule/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-standards-scotland-regulations-1990/schedule-5/paragraph-1
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