2012 No. 209
The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 2 and 54(2) of the Building (Scotland) Act 20031 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 1(2) of that Act they have consulted with such persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 and come into force on 9th January 2013.
Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 20042
1
The Building (Scotland) Regulations 20042 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
For regulation 17(1)(b) (continuing requirements) substitute—
b
following each inspection of that system the owner of the building or, where the owner is not the occupier, the occupier is given a report containing the result of the inspection and including recommendations for the cost-effective improvement of the energy performance of that system.
3
In Schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction) in the limitation to the standard contained in paragraph 6.9 (energy performance certificates), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
b
Standard 6.9(c) only applies to buildings—
i
with a floor area of more than 500 square metres;
ii
into which members of the public have an express or implied licence to enter; and
iii
which are visited by members of the public on at least a weekly basis.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)