The Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 172

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Made

22nd March 2005

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

22nd March 2005

Coming into force

1st May 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st May 2005.

Forms

2.  The forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations are the forms prescribed for the purposes of section 36 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.

Johann M Lamont

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

22nd March 2005

Regulation 2

SCHEDULEINDEX OF PRESCRIBED FORMS

Form NumberTitle
1.Building Warrant
2.Amendment to Building Warrant
3.Extension of Period of Validity of Building Warrant
4.Extension of Period of Use of Limited Life Building
5.Completion Certificate – Submission
6.Completion Certificate where No Building Warrant Obtained – Submission
7.Completion Certificate For Local Authority Use
8.Building Regulations Compliance Notice
9.Continuing Requirement Enforcement Notice
10.Building Warrant Enforcement Notice
11.Defective Building Notice
12.Dangerous Building Notice
13.Notice of Intention to Enter Premises
14.Authority to Enter Premises
15.Certificate to Accompany Application for Warrant to Exercise Powers of Entry, Inspection or Testing
16.Notice to Remove from a Building

FORM 1BUILDING WARRANTBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Warrant under section 9 for work subject to building regulations

FORM 2AMENDMENT TO BUILDING WARRANTBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Amendment under section 9 of a building warrant

FORM 3EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF BUILDING WARRANTBuilding (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Extension under regulation 19 of period of validity of a building warrant

FORM 4EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF USE OF LIMITED-LIFE BUILDINGBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Extension under section 14 of period of use of a limited-life building

FORM 5COMPLETION CERTIFICATE – SUBMISSIONBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Submission under section 17(1) and (7) of a completion certificate

FORM 6COMPLETION CERTIFICATE WHERE NO BUILDING WARRANT OBTAINED–SUBMISSIONBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Submission under section 17(4) of a completion certificate where no building warrant was obtained for work which required a building warrant.

FORM 7COMPLETION CERTIFICATE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY USEBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Registration under section 25(8), 26(4), 27(8), 28(11), 29(5), 30(5) of a completion certificate by a local authority

FORM 8BUILDING REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE NOTICEBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under section 25 requiring owner to make building comply with a provision of the regulations

FORM 9CONTINUING REQUIREMENT ENFORCEMENT NOTICEBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under section 26 requiring owner to comply with a continuing requirement

FORM 10BUILDING WARRANT ENFORCEMENT NOTICEBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under section 27 requiring the owner or the relevant person to obtain a building warrant or submit a completion certificate

FORM 11DEFECTIVE BUILDING NOTICEBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under section 28 requiring owner to rectify defects

FORM 12DANGEROUS BUILDING NOTICEBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under sections 29 and 30 requiring owner to reduce or remove the danger constituted by a building

FORM 13NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ENTER PREMISESBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under section 39 of intention to enter premises

FORM 14AUTHORITY TO ENTER PREMISESBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Authority to enter premises issued under section 39 and Schedule 4, paragraph 3

FORM 15CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION FOR WARRANT TO EXERCISE POWERS OF ENTRY, INSPECTION OR TESTINGBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Certificate under section 39 schedule 4 paragraph 2(3) to confirm that notice of the intention to apply for a warrant to exercise powers has been given, or that the giving of such notice would defeat the object of the proposed entry.

FORM 16NOTICE TO REMOVE FROM A BUILDINGBuilding (Scotland) Act 2003

Notice under section 42 requiring removal from a dangerous building or adjacent premises

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These regulations which are made under the Building ( Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) set out the forms prescribed for the purposes of section 36 of the Act.

Regulation 2 is the general regulation which states that the forms prescribed are those set out in the Schedule to the Regulations. There is an index at the beginning of the Schedule which lists the 16 forms and their titles. The prescribed forms include those for building warrants and completion certificates as well as for various enforcement notices.