Scottish Statutory Instruments
Building And Buildings
Made
1st March 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
3rd March 2023
Coming into force
2nd April 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 54(2) and schedule 1 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003(1), 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.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 2 April 2023.
2.—(1) The Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 1 (citation and commencement) for “3 April” substitute “5 June”.
(3) In regulation 5 (transitional provision)—
(a)in paragraph (a) for “3 April” substitute “5 June”,
(b)in paragraph (b)(i) for “3 April” substitute “5 June”,
(c)in paragraph (b)(ii) for “1 July” substitute “1 September”.
JENNY GILRUTH
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
1st March 2023
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (the “2022 Regulations”) and come into force on 2 April 2023.
Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations amends regulation 1 of the 2022 Regulations to change the date on which the 2022 Regulations come into force from 3 April 2023 to 5 June 2023.
Regulation 2(3) amends the transitional provision in regulation 5 of the 2022 Regulations so that the amendments made by the 2022 Regulations will not apply to work which does not require a building warrant which is completed before 5 June 2023 or not completed before that date where the contract for the work is entered into before 5 June 2023 and the work is completed on or before 1 September 2023.
2003 asp 8. Section 1 was amended by section 6(2) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8). Paragraph 5(2) of schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2014/364.