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1 The intention of this Part of the Technical Standards is to give information on the general application of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 as amended. (These regulations are made under the powers given by The Building (Scotland) Act 1959).
2 Part A contains:
a. a full list of the defined terms used both in the Regula-tions and in these Technical Standards;
b. instructions on the interpretation of references to other published documents;
c. a complete extract of Regulations 3-9, which deal with the general way in which the Regulations are applied and cover: exempted buildings; fixtures not requiring a warrant; limited life buildings; classification of buildings by purpose; occupancy capacity; rules of measurement; and means of compliance; and
d. a set of the Schedules to the Regulations which are essential to interpret and apply the Regulations, i.e. Schedules 1-5.
3 The material in Part A is included to enable the reader to interpret the provisions in the Technical Standards without the constant need to cross-refer to the Regulations. For the same reason, all other Parts of the Technical Standards are prefaced by verbatim copies of the Regulations for which they provide the relevant standards.
4 It should be noted that applications for warrants for the construction or change of use* of a building made before the date of coming into force of these Regulations or any relevant amending Regulations and applications for extension of the period of validity or amendment of warrant remain subject to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations in operation at the time the application for warrant was made.
*Change of use is defined in the Building (Scotland) Act and ‘in relation to a building means such change in the use or occupation of the building as will bring it within a class of building to which the building standards regulations apply, or, if it is already within such a class, within a class to which additional or more onerous provisions of the building standards regulations apply, and "change the use" shall be construed accordingly’. It applies to any part or component of a building as well, and is different in concept from a change of use in common parlance or in terms of planning legislation.
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