Building (Scotland) Act 2003

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Building regulations

   1. Power to make building regulations

      1. 1. Building regulations

      2. 2. Continuing requirements

   2. Relaxation of building regulations

      1. 3. Relaxation of building regulations

   3. Guidance documents

      1. 4. Guidance documents for purposes of building regulations

      2. 5. Compliance with guidance documents

   4. Building standards assessments

      1. 6. Building standards assessments

3. Part 2 Approval of construction work etc.

   1. Verifiers and certifiers

      1. 7. Verifiers and certifiers

   2. Building warrants

      1. 8. Building warrants

      2. 9. Building warrants: grant and amendment

      3. 10. Building warrants: extension, alteration and conversion

      4. 11. Building warrants: certification of design

      5. 12. Building warrants: reference to Ministers

      6. 13. Building warrants: further provisions

      7. 14. Building warrants: limited life buildings

      8. 15. Building warrants: late applications

      9. 16. Applications and grants: offences

   3. Completion certificates

      1. 17. Completion certificates

      2. 18. Completion certificates: acceptance and rejection

      3. 19. Completion certificates: certification of construction

      4. 20. Completion certificates: offences

      5. 21. Occupation or use without completion certificates

   4. Imposition of continuing requirements by verifiers

      1. 22. Imposition of continuing requirements by verifiers

      2. 23. Discharge and variation of continuing requirements imposed by verifiers

   5. Building standards registers

      1. 24. Building standards registers

4. Part 3 Compliance and enforcement

   1. 25. Building regulations compliance

   2. 26. Continuing requirement enforcement notices

   3. 27. Building warrant enforcement notices

5. Part 4 Defective and dangerous buildings

   1. 28. Defective buildings

   2. 29. Dangerous buildings

   3. 30. Dangerous building notices

6. Part 5 General

   1. Building Standards Advisory Committee

      1. 31. Building Standards Advisory Committee

   2. Functions of Ministers, local authorities, verifiers and certifiers

      1. 32. Exercise of local authority functions

      2. 33. Procedure regulations

      3. 34. Reports and information

   3. Scheduled monuments, listed buildings etc.

      1. 35. Scheduled monuments, listed buildings etc.

   4. Documents

      1. 36. Forms

      2. 37. Service of notices etc.

   5. Fees and charges

      1. 38. Fees and charges

   6. Entry, inspection and tests

      1. 39. Powers of entry, inspection and testing

      2. 40. Work required by notice: right of entry

      3. 41. Tests of materials

   7. Evacuation of buildings

      1. 42. Evacuation of buildings

      2. 43. Unlawful occupation of evacuated buildings

   8. Execution of work

      1. 44. Expenses

      2. 45. Compulsory purchase where owner cannot be found

      3. 46. Sale of materials from demolished buildings

   9. Appeals

      1. 47. Appeals

   10. Offences and liability

       1. 48. Penalties for offences

       2. 49. Offences by bodies corporate etc.

       3. 50. Criminal liability of trustees etc.

       4. 51. Civil liability

   11. Inquiries

       1. 52. Inquiries

   12. Crown application

       1. 53. Crown application

   13. Orders and regulations

       1. 54. Orders and regulations

   14. Interpretation

       1. 55. Meaning of “building”

       2. 56. Interpretation

7. Part 6 Supplementary

   1. 57. Ancillary provision

   2. 58. Modification of enactments

   3. 59. Commencement and short title

8. 1. Schedule 1

      Building regulations

   2. Schedule 2

      Verifiers and certifiers

   3. Schedule 3

      Procedure regulations: particular matters

   4. Schedule 4

      Powers of entry, inspection and testing: further provision

   5. Schedule 5

      Evacuation of buildings

   6. Schedule 6

      Modification of enactments