The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990

Electrical installations

26.—(1) Every electrical installation to which this regulation applies and every item of stationary electrical equipment connected to such an installation shall provide adequate protection against its being a source of fire or a cause of personal injury.

(2) This regulation shall not apply to an installation–

(a) serving a building or any part of a building to which the Mines and Quarries Act 1954(1) or the Factories Act 1961 applies;

(b) forming part of the works of an undertaker to which regulations for the supply and distribution of electricity made under the Electricity (Supply) Acts 1882 to 1936 or section 16 of the Energy Act 1983(2) apply; or

(c) consisting of a circuit (including a circuit for telecommunication or for transmission of sound, vision or data, or for alarm purposes) which operates at a voltage not normally exceeding 50 volts alternating current or 120 volts direct current, measured between any two conductors or between any conductor and earth, and which is not connected directly or indirectly to an electricity supply which operates at a voltage higher than those mentioned in this sub-paragraph.

(3) In paragraph (1) “stationary electrical equipment” means electrical equipment which is fixed, or which has a mass exceeding 18 kg and is not provided with a carrying handle.

(1)

1954 c. 70.

(2)

1983 c. 25.