Part 5General
Entry, inspection and tests
41Tests of materials
1
The Scottish Ministers may require any person who has made an application to them under section 3(2) to carry out a materials test.
2
A verifier may require any person—
a
who has under section 9 applied to the verifier for a building warrant or for an amendment to a building warrant,
b
by whom a building is being or has been constructed in pursuance of a building warrant, or
c
who has under section 17 submitted to the verifier a completion certificate,
to carry out a materials test.
3
A materials test is such reasonable test as the requirement may specify of materials—
a
forming part of, or
b
used or proposed to be used in the construction of,
the building in question and includes a test of such materials in combination with other such materials and a test of the building as a whole.