Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024

30 Reports on progress with single-building assessments and remediation work

(1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a report on the progress made during each reporting period in the arranging and carrying out of—

(a) single-building assessments, and

(b) remediation work identified as being needed in single-building assessment reports and additional work assessment reports.

(2) A report under subsection (1)—

(a) must include the information described in section 31(1),

(b) may include such other information as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period—

(a) lay the report prepared under subsection (1) for that period before the Scottish Parliament, and

(b) publish the report.

(4) In this section and section 31—

• “remediation work” means work to eliminate or mitigate any risk to human life that is (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by a building’s external wall cladding system,

• “reporting period” means—

  (a)

  the period of 18 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force,

  (b)

  each of the subsequent 9 periods of one year beginning with the day after the last day of the preceding reporting period.

(5) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (4) to increase the number of one year reporting periods in relation to which a report under subsection (1) must be prepared.