Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024
Part 1
The Cladding Assurance Register
1
The register
2
Offence of providing false or misleading information for the register
Part 2
Powers to assess and address danger
Chapter 1
Scottish Ministers’ powers
Powers to assess danger
3
Power to arrange single-building assessment
4
Power to arrange additional work assessment
5
Power to require information for assessments and the register
6
Offence of failing to comply with requirement under section 5
Powers to address danger
7
Power to arrange remediation work
8
Power to arrange urgent remediation work
9
Power to evacuate
10
Offence of occupying evacuated premises
Personal emergency evacuation plans
11
Personal emergency evacuation plans
Appeal
12
Appeal against arranged remediation work
Chapter 2
Carrying out assessments and work
13
Authority for carrying out assessment or work
14
Warrant authorising use of force to effect entry
15
Offence of obstructing assessment or work
16
Offence of failing to assist with assessment or work
Chapter 3
Notices
17
Power to require information to give notice
18
Giving notice where recipient’s address is unknown
19
Deemed receipt of notice
Part 3
Offences under Parts 1 and 2
20
Individual culpability where organisation commits an offence
21
Crown application: criminal offences
Part 4
Engagement with owners and occupiers
22
Pre-assessment engagement
23
Post-assessment engagement: reports
24
Post-assessment engagement: remediation work
Part 5
Responsible developers scheme
25
Power to establish scheme
26
Eligibility for membership
27
Conditions of membership
28
Loss of membership
29
Consequences of not being a member
Part 6
Progress reports
30
Reports on progress with single-building assessments and remediation work
31
Content of reports under section 30
Part 7
Interpretation and final provisions
Chapter 1
Interpretation
32
Meaning of single-building assessment
33
Power to modify meaning of single-building assessment
34
Meaning of additional work assessment
35
Meaning of “owner” in relation to Crown premises
36
Interpretation of other words and expressions
Chapter 2
Final provisions
37
Ancillary provision
38
Regulation-making powers
39
Commencement
40
Short title
Schedule
Warrant to eject from evacuated premises
1
Application
2
Notice to occupants
3
Disposal of application
4
Evidence

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024
2024 asp 7
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer on the Scottish Ministers powers to identify external wall cladding systems on residential buildings that create or exacerbate risks to human life and to address those risks; to establish a register to record that a building’s cladding has been assessed and that remediation works have been completed; to enable one or more schemes to be established to require persons in the building industry to contribute towards assessing and remediating dangerous cladding; and for connected purposes.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 14th May 2024 and received Royal Assent on 21st June 2024