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The following is a complete extract of regula-tions 3 to 9 of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 as amended. The regulations are reproduced for the convenience of readers in considering the application and interpretation of the relevant standards as set out in the succeed-ing Parts of the Technical Standards. |
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3. |
Subject to the exceptions in column (3) of Schedule 1, these Regulations shall not apply to any building the whole of which falls into any one or more of the exempted classes specified in Part I of that Schedule or to any extension to a building the whole of which extension falls into any one or more of the exempted classes specified in Part II thereof. |
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4. |
For the purposes of the proviso to section 6(1) of the Act, any operation for the alteration of a building which consists solely of the fitting of a fixture of a kind specified in Schedule 2 shall not, subject to the exceptions in column (3) of that Schedule, require a warrant. |
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5. |
For the purposes of section 3(3)(b) of the Act (which enables special provision to be made for buildings intended to have a limited life) a period of five years is specified. |
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6. (1) |
For the purposes of these Regula-tions, buildings or parts thereof shall be classified according to the numbered purpose group or groups and, where applicable, lettered purpose sub-group or sub-groups set out in Schedule 3. |
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(2) |
In the determination of such classi-fication, any use which is ancillary to another use or which is of a minor nature shall be disregarded and the classification shall be that of the principal use or uses. |
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(3) |
Where a building is divided into compartments, nothing in this regulation shall prevent these compartments being independently classified, whether or not the division is required by any provi-sion of these Regulations. |
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(4) |
Where a building or part of a building does not fall into any purpose group or sub-group these Regulations shall have effect as if the more or most onerous standard applicable to any classification applied. |
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7. |
(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the occupancy capacity of a room or space shall be- |
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(a) |
in the case of a room or space described in column (1) of Schedule 4 the number (or in the case of a fractional number the next lowest whole number) obtained by dividing the area of the room or space in square metres by the relevant occu-pancy load factor specified in column (2) of that Schedule; or |
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(b) |
in any other case the number of persons the room or space is likely to accommodate in use. |
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(2) |
The occupancy capacity of a building or storey which is divided into rooms or spaces shall be- |
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in the case of a storey of a building of purpose group 2 which is not open to the public and which contains both day rooms and sleeping rooms, the sum of the occupancy capacities of either the day rooms or the sleeping rooms, which ever is the greater; or |
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(b) |
in any other case the sum of the occupancy capacities of the rooms or spaces. |
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(3) |
Where a room or space is likely to be put to more than one use, the greater or greatest relevant occupancy capacity shall apply. |
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(4) |
In this regulation "space" includes a roof or other area open to the external air to which there is access for a purpose other than the maintenance of the building. |
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8. |
For the purposes of these Regulations, measurements shall be made or cal-culated in accordance with Schedule 5. |
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9. (1) |
The requirements of regulations 10 to 33 shall be satisfied only by compliance with the relevant standards. |
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(2) |
Without prejudice to any other method of complying with a relevant standard, conformity with provisions which are stated in the Technical Standards to be deemed to satisfy that standard shall constitute such compliance. |