{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-premises-general-requirements-and-standards-scotland-regulations-1967/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-premises-general-requirements-and-standards-scotland-regulations-1967/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1967/1199",
  "legislation_title": "The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-premises-general-requirements-and-standards-scotland-regulations-1967",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Heating",
  "text": "(1) The heating system in every school building shall be such as to secure that, when the outside temperature is 0 degrees centigrade (0 degrees Celsius) and when the heating system is heating air at a rate specified in column (2) of Table X the temperature at a height of not more than 1 metre from the floor shall be the temperature specified in column (3) as appropriate to the type of accommodation specified in column (1).\nTABLE X\nType of accommodation\nNumber of air changes per hour to be heated by the heating system\nTemperatures\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nMedical inspection room, changing room, bathroom, water closet and shower room\n3\n18.5°C\nTeaching space, dining room, nursery room, common room and staff room\n2\n17°C\nAssembly area, lecture hall, theatre and cinema\n1½\n15.5°C\nSickroom\n3\n14.5°C\nCloakroom and corridors\n2\n13°C\nGymnasia\n1½\n13°C\nGames hall\n1\n10°C\n(2) In every school building the water temperature of a swimming pool shall be not less than 24°C, and the air temperature in the hall of a swimming pool shall be not less than the chosen water temperature.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(1) substituted (1.4.1973) by The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/322), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 23 Table 10 substituted (1.4.1973) by The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/322), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(2) substituted (1.4.1973) by The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/322), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 23 in force at 18.8.1967, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1199/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:32:20.145735+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."
}