Explanatory Notes

Building (Scotland) Act 2003

2003 asp 8

26 March 2003

The Act - an Overview

Part 2: Approval of Construction Work Etc.

Section 20: Completion certificates: offences

63.This section creates offences in relation to persons submitting completion certificates and verifiers accepting completion certificates. A person submitting a completion certificate must not knowingly make false or misleading statements or make such statements recklessly. Verifiers must not grant a completion certificate knowing that a statement contained in it is false.