The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Building warrants: limited life buildings

16.—(1) The period of life of a building constructed in accordance with a building warrant granted under section 14 of the Act (“a limited life building”) will run from the date of notification to the relevant person in terms of section 17(10) of the Act by the verifier of acceptance of the completion certificate or, where relevant, the date of any permission for the temporary occupation or use of a building before acceptance of the completion certificate.

(2) The “relevant date” for the purposes of this regulation is the date on which the period of the life of a limited life building expires as calculated in accordance with paragraph (1).

(3) An application for a warrant for demolition of a limited life building must be submitted to the verifier not less than 3 months before the relevant date or such other later date as the verifier may, in his discretion, think fit.

(4) A building warrant granted for a limited life building must state–

(a) the period of the life of the building not exceeding a period of five years;

(b) the relevant date in relation to the limited life building; and

(c) that by the relevant date the building and ancillary services should be demolished and removed from the site.