Royal Arms Building (Scotland) Act 2003

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Building (Scotland) Act 2003

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CONTENTS

PART 1
BUILDING REGULATIONS
Power to make building regulations
Section 
1Building regulations
2Continuing requirements

Relaxation of building regulations
3Relaxation of building regulations

Guidance documents
4Guidance documents for purposes of building regulations
5Compliance with guidance documents

Building standards assessments
6Building standards assessments

PART 2
APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION WORK ETC.
Verifiers and certifiers
7Verifiers and certifiers

Building warrants
8Building warrants
9Building warrants: grant and amendment
10Building warrants: extension, alteration and conversion
11Building warrants: certification of design
12Building warrants: reference to Ministers
13Building warrants: further provisions
14Building warrants: limited life buildings
15Building warrants: late applications
16Applications and grants: offences

Completion certificates
17Completion certificates
18Completion certificates: acceptance and rejection
19Completion certificates: certification of construction
20Completion certificates: offences
21Occupation or use without completion certificates

Imposition of continuing requirements by verifiers
22Imposition of continuing requirements by verifiers
23Discharge and variation of continuing requirements imposed by verifiers

Building standards registers
24Building standards registers

PART 3
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
25Building regulations compliance
26Continuing requirement enforcement notices
27Building warrant enforcement notices

PART 4
DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
28Defective buildings
29Dangerous buildings
30Dangerous building notices

PART 5
GENERAL
Building Standards Advisory Committee
31Building Standards Advisory Committee

Functions of Ministers, local authorities, verifiers and certifiers
32Exercise of local authority functions
33Procedure regulations
34Reports and information

Scheduled monuments, listed buildings etc.
35Scheduled monuments, listed buildings etc.

Documents
36Forms
37Service of notices etc.

Fees and charges
38Fees and charges

Entry, inspection and tests
39Powers of entry, inspection and testing
40Work required by notice: right of entry
41Tests of materials

Evacuation of buildings
42Evacuation of buildings
43Unlawful occupation of evacuated buildings

Execution of work
44Expenses
45Compulsory purchase where owner cannot be found
46Sale of materials from demolished buildings

Appeals
47Appeals

Offences and liability
48Penalties for offences
49Offences by bodies corporate etc.
50Criminal liability of trustees etc.
51Civil liability

Inquiries
52Inquiries

Crown application
53Crown application

Orders and regulations
54Orders and regulations

Interpretation
55Meaning of "building"
56Interpretation

PART 6
SUPPLEMENTARY
57Ancillary provision
58Modification of enactments
59Commencement and short title
 

 
    Schedule 1-Building regulations
    Schedule 2-Verifiers and certifiers
    Schedule 3-Procedure regulations: particular matters
    Schedule 4-Powers of entry, inspection and testing: further provision
    Schedule 5-Evacuation of buildings
    Schedule 6-Modification of enactments
 


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