Statutory Instruments
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
Made
22nd August 1996
Laid before Parliament
14th October 1996
Coming into force
5th November 1996
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3, 6(1), 24(1)(b) and 29(1) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Building (Scotland) Act 1959(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and, as required by section 3(6) of that Act(2), having consulted the Building Standards Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1959 c. 24; section 3(2) and (3) was amended by the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) (“the 1974 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 1(a) and (b) respectively; section 3(4) was amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65), section 19(2); section 3(7) was inserted by the 1974 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 1(c); section 29(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
Section 3(6) was substituted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38), section 1.