Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1572 (S.112)

The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995

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1995 No. 1572 (S.112)

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(4), 4(8), 4A, 6(2) and (3A), 6A(7), 6B(3), 20, 24(1)(b) and 29(1) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Building (Scotland) Act 1959^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 24th July 1995.

    (2)  In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1981^[2].

Amendment of principal Regulations
    2.    The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—
 (a) in paragraph 1 of regulation 3 (Interpretation) for the definition of "Technical Standards" there shall be substituted—
""Technical Standards" means the Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990^[3] issued by the Scottish Office in October 1990 as amended by the substitute pages issued by the Scottish Office in and dated July 1993 and June 1994" ;

^[4]
 (b) at the end of regulation 7 (Fees) there shall be added—
"  (2A)  The estimated cost referred to in Schedule 2 shall not include any amount in respect of value added tax in relation to the carrying out of work to which the estimate relates." ; and

 (c) for paragraph (b) of regulation 51 (Notices regarding operations) there shall be substituted—
"in the case of a drain which is ready to be tested for the purposes of the deemed to satisfy provisions in the Technical Standards applicable to paragraphs M2.1 and M2.2 of those Standards, that the drain had been laid and is ready for test, and" .

Increase in local authority fees
    3.—(1)  With effect from 24th July 1995, for Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

    (2)  With effect from 24th July 1996, for Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as substituted in accordance with paragraph (1) above, there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Revocation and transitional provision
    4.—(1)  The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1991^[5] are hereby revoked.

    (2)  Regulation 2(c) above shall not apply in relation to operations in pursuance of a warrant granted before 24th July 1995, including a warrant granted before that date and subsequently extended or amended.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

19th June 1995

[1] 1959 c. 24; section 2(4) was substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 15, paragraph 3; section 4 was substituted and section 4A was added by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38), section 2; section 6(2) was amended by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1(a); section 6(3A) was added by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), Schedule 7, paragraph 4(a); sections 6A and 6B were added by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970, section 4; section 20 was substituted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65), section 19(6); section 29(1) contains a definition of "prescribed" relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. back

[2] S.I. 1981/1499; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/1232, 1991/159 and 1991/1528. back

[3] S.I. 1990/2179. back

[4] These amendments to the Technical Standards were given effect to by S.I. 1993/1457 and S.I. 1994/1266. back

[5] S.I. 1991/1528. back

Explanatory Note