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CONSULTATION ON REGULATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING (SCOTLAND) ACT

Procedural Handbook

Contents

1 General
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The building standards system in Scotland — background
1.3 Purpose of the building standards system
1.4 Scottish Building Standards Agency
1.5 Building Standards Advisory Committee
1.6 The Building Standards Forum
1.7 Verifiers
1.8 Local Authority enforcement role
1.9 Approved Certifiers
2 Application of the building regulations
2.1 Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004
2.2 Guidance documents and compliance with the building regulations
2.3 Exempt work
2.4 Work not requiring a warrant
2.5 Crown buildings
3 Building Warrants to build, convert or demolish
3.1 When a building warrant is required
3.2 How to apply for a building warrant
3.3 Late application for building warrant
3.4 Staged warrants
3.5 Duration of warrant
3.6 Limited life warrants
3.7 Application of regulations to existing buildings
3.8 Demolition
3.9 How a building warrant application is assessed, decided and issued
3.10 Inspections and tests
3.11 Discharge of continuing requirements
3.12 Maintenance of records
4 Role of the Scottish Ministers
4.1 Interpretation
4.2 Reference to the Scottish Ministers for a view
4.3 Relaxations
4.4 Type relaxations
4.5 Type Approvals
4.6 Direction allowing local authorities to verify warrants for their own work
5 Completion
5.1 Why a Completion Certificate is needed
5.2 How to submit a Completion Certificate
5.3 Late submission without a warrant
5.4 Acceptance or rejection of Completion Certificate
5.5 Inspections and tests
5.6 Continuing requirements
5.7 Maintenance of records
6 Appeals
6.1 Matters subject to appeal
6.2 Time limits
7 Compliance and Enforcement
7.1 Building regulations compliance notices
7.2 Building warrant enforcement notices
7.3 Continuing requirements imposed by verifiers
7.4 Continuing requirements imposed by Ministers
7.5 Continuing requirement enforcement notices
7.6 Other offences and enforcement
7.7 Consultation and limitations for historic buildings
8 Building Standards Registers
8.1 Maintenance of records
8.2 Inspection of records
9 Building Standards Assessments
9.1 Purposes of a Building Standards Assessment
10 Dangerous buildings
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Duty to act
10.3 Establishing the danger and taking action
10.4 Dangerous building notices
10.5 Failure to comply with a dangerous building notice
10.6 Evacuation of dangerous buildings (including notice to remove)
10.7 Recovery of costs
11 Defective buildings
11.1 Defective building notices
12 Verifiers
12.1 Appointment of verifiers
12.2 Performance criteria for verifiers
12.3 Auditing of verifiers
12.4 Lists of verifiers
13 Certifiers
13.1 Appointment of certifiers
13.2 Performance criteria for certifiers
13.3 Auditing of certifiers
13.4 Certification register
14 Relationship with other authorities
14.1 General
14.2 Fire authorities
14.3 Licensing authorities
14.4 Highways department
14.5 Scottish Environment Protection Agency
14.6 Scottish Water
14.7 Planning authorities
14.8 Police
14.9 Historic Scotland
14.10 Access panels
14.11 Other permissions
15 Feedback
15.1 To Scottish Building Standards Agency
15.2 To Building Standards Forum
15.3 To Building Standards Advisory Committee

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