Building (Scotland) Act 1959

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Buildings Authorities

   1. 1. Constitution of buildings authorities

   2. 2. General provisions relating to buildings authorities

3. PART II Building Standards and Building Operations

   1. 3. Building standards regulations

   2. 4. Relaxation of building standards regulations in particular cases

   3. 5. Building operations regulations

   4. 6. Application of building standards regulations and building operations regulations to construction or demolition, and to change of use, of buildings

   5. 7. Minor works

   6. 8. Occupation of parts of roads for deposit of materials, etc.

   7. 9. Certificates of completion

   8. 10. Powers in relation to buildings constructed without warrant or in contravention of conditions of warrant, and buildings whose life has expired

   9. 11. Power of local authorities to require buildings to conform to building standards regulations

   10. 12. Building Standards Advisory Committee

4. PART III Dangerous Buildings

   1. 13. Action to be taken in respect of buildings found to be dangerous

   2. 14. Power of local authorities to sell materials from demolished buildings

   3. 15. Power of local authorities to purchase buildings and site where owner cannot be found

5. PART IV Supplementary

   1. 16. Appeals

   2. 17. Supplementary provisions as to operations required to be carried out

   3. 18. Inspection and tests

   4. 19. Penalties

   5. 20. Fees chargeable by buildings authorities

   6. 21. Provisions as to masters of works

   7. 22. Information

   8. 23. Inquiries

   9. 24. Regulations

   10. 25. Service of notices, etc.

   11. 26. Crown rights

   12. 27. Transitional provisions

   13. 28. Financial provisions

   14. 29. Interpretation

   15. 30. Local Act provisions

   16. 31. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

   17. 32. Short title, extent and commencement

6. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Enactments relating to dean of guild court functions unaffected by this Act

      1. 1. In the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892—

      2. 2. In the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1903—

      3. 3. In the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947, section three hundred...

      4. 4. Any provision of any local Act corresponding to any of...

      5. 5. Any provision of any local Act specified by the Secretary...

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      General provisions relating to buildings authorities which are not dean of guild courts

      1. 1. The quorum at a meeting of a buildings authority shall...

      2. 2. The chairman of a buildings authority shall be such one...

      3. 3. The chairman or other member presiding shall have a casting...

      4. 4. No member of a buildings authority shall sit as such...

      5. 5. The proceedings of a buildings authority shall not be invalidated...

      6. 6. A buildings authority may appoint committees consisting wholly of members...

      7. 7. A chairman of any such committee shall be appointed, and...

      8. 8. Subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph, the...

      9. 9. The clerk of a buildings authority shall not act as...

      10. 10. The local authority may make rules regulating the dates of...

      11. 11. The local authority shall provide such accommodation, and such furniture,...

      12. 12. References in this Schedule to a buildings authority are references...

   3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Matters which may be provided for by Regulations under paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 2

      1. 1. The submission along with any application to a buildings authority...

      2. 2. The service on such persons as may be specified (including...

      3. 3. The hearing by buildings authorities of applicants and other persons...

      4. 4. The holding in public of the proceedings of buildings authorities....

      5. 5. The statement by buildings authorities, in giving decisions, of reasons...

      6. 6. The maintenance by buildings authorities of records of applications and...

      7. 7. The duration of the validity of warrants under section six...

      8. 8. The notification to buildings authorities of the dates of commencement...

   4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Matters in regard to which building standards regulations may be made

   5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      Procedure for directions under section 4

      1. 1. Before giving any direction under section four of this Act...

      2. 2. Before giving the direction the Secretary of State shall consider...

      3. 3. Before giving a direction the Secretary of State may, if...

      4. 4. The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall apply to a...

      5. 5. The Secretary of State in giving, or refusing to give,...

      6. 6. The Secretary of State shall send to the buildings authority...

   6. SIXTH SCHEDULE

      Recovery of expenses by charging order

      1. 1. Where under sections ten, eleven or thirteen of this Act...

      2. 2. The annuity with which the land may be so charged...

      3. 3. A charging order shall become operative only in accordance with...

      4. 4. A charging order, on or after its becoming operative, shall...

      5. 5. A charging order duly recorded in the appropriate register of...

      6. 6. Every annuity charged by a charging order may be recovered...

      7. 7. A charging order and all sums payable thereunder may be...

      8. 8. Any owner of or other person having an interest in...

   7. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

      Evacuation of dangerous buildings

      1. 1. For the purpose of securing the removal of any occupants...

      2. 2. On the expiry of the period so specified the master...

      3. 3. In all proceedings under this Schedule the production of a...

      4. 4. The decision of the sheriff on any application by a...

      5. 5. Where any person removed or ejected from a building under...

   8. EIGHTH SCHEDULE

      Transitional Provisions

      1. 1. For the purposes of sections six, ten and eighteen of...

      2. 2. In the application of section four of this Act—

      3. 3. Section nine of this Act shall apply in relation to...

      4. 4. Any application for approval for the construction, demolition or alteration...

      5. 5. Without prejudice to section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act, 1889...

      6. 6. The Secretary of State may by regulations, made after consultation...

      7. 7. In this Schedule— " approval " means approval, warrant, consent...

   9. NINTH SCHEDULE

      Minor and Consequential Amendments of Enactments

      1. 1. In the Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Act, 1831 (as set out...

      2. 2. In the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, in section two...

      3. 3. In the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1903—

      4. 4. In the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act, 1935, for section...

      5. 5. In the Water (Scotland) Act, 1946, in section fifty-three, in...

      6. 6. (1) In the Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings) Act, 1957, for...

   10. TENTH SCHEDULE

       Enactments repealed