Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024

32 Meaning of single-building assessment

(1) In this Act, a “single-building assessment” means an assessment that—

(a) relates to a building that—

(i) is a flatted building as defined in section 16(4) of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012,

(ii) contains at least one flat that is used, or intended to be used, as a dwelling,

(iii) has an external wall cladding system,

(iv) stands 11 metres or more above the ground, and

(v) has been constructed, or otherwise undergone development, at any time within the period beginning with 1 June 1992 and ending with 1 June 2022,

(b) assesses, and culminates in a report on—

(i) any risk to human life that is (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by the building’s external wall cladding system, and

(ii) what work (if any) is needed to eliminate or mitigate any risk of that kind which is identified, and

(c) is carried out—

(i) in accordance with the standards for the time being specified by the Scottish Ministers, and

(ii) by a person authorised by the Scottish Ministers to carry it out.

(2) For the purposes of—

(a) subsection (1), a building stands 11 metres or more above the ground if, excluding roof-top plant areas and any top storey consisting exclusively of plant rooms, the building has at least one storey the finished floor level of which, measuring vertically, is (or would be if it was directly above the building’s lowest point) 11 metres or more higher than the building’s lowest point,

(b) paragraph (a), a building’s lowest point is the point at which the surface of the ground adjacent to the building is lowest.