Part 5Other climate change provisions

Chapter 4The Scottish civil estate

77Scottish civil estate: supplementary

(1)

For the purposes of this section and sections 75 and 76—

(a)

“building” means a building that uses energy for heating or cooling the whole or any part of its interior; and

(b)

a building is part of the civil estate in Scotland if it—

(i)

is used for the purposes of Scottish central government administration; and

(ii)

is of a description of buildings for which the Scottish Ministers have responsibilities in relation to efficiency and sustainability.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers may, by order, provide—

(a)

for buildings of a description specified in the order to be treated as being, or as not being, part of the civil estate;

(b)

for uses specified in the order to be treated as being, or as not being, uses for the purposes of Scottish central government administration.