Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024

Prospective

Part 6 S Progress reports

30 Reports on progress with single-building assessments and remediation work S

(1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a report on the progress made during each reporting period in the arranging and carrying out of—

(a) single-building assessments, and

(b) remediation work identified as being needed in single-building assessment reports and additional work assessment reports.

(2) A report under subsection (1)—

(a) must include the information described in section 31(1),

(b) may include such other information as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period—

(a) lay the report prepared under subsection (1) for that period before the Scottish Parliament, and

(b) publish the report.

(4) In this section and section 31—

• “remediation work” means work to eliminate or mitigate any risk to human life that is (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by a building’s external wall cladding system,

• “reporting period” means—

  (a)

  the period of 18 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force,

  (b)

  each of the subsequent 9 periods of one year beginning with the day after the last day of the preceding reporting period.

(5) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (4) to increase the number of one year reporting periods in relation to which a report under subsection (1) must be prepared.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 30 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)

31 Content of reports under section 30 S

(1) The information referred to in section 30(2)(a) is the following information—

(a) the number of persons who are, on the last day of the reporting period, a member of a responsible developers scheme established by regulations made under section 25(1),

(b) the number of buildings in relation to which a single-building assessment arranged by—

(i) the Scottish Ministers,

(ii) a responsible developers scheme member,

is in progress on the last day of the reporting period,

(c) the number of buildings in relation to which remediation work identified as being needed in a single-building assessment report or an additional work assessment report and arranged by—

(i) the Scottish Ministers,

(ii) a responsible developers scheme member,

is in progress on the last day of the reporting period,

(d) the number of times during the reporting period that each type of event listed in subsection (2) occurred,

(e) the number of entries for buildings in the cladding assurance register (whenever created) that—

(i) record that the single-building assessment report relating to the building identifies remediation work as being needed, but

(ii) have not, on or before the last day of the reporting period, been amended to include a date on which the Scottish Ministers were satisfied that the work was completed,

(f) the number of entries for buildings in the register (whenever created) that—

(i) have been amended (at any time) to record that an additional work assessment relating to the building identifies remediation work as being needed, but

(ii) have not, on or before the last day of the reporting period, been amended to include a date on which the Scottish Ministers were satisfied that the work was completed.

(2) The events referred to in subsection (1)(d) are—

(a) the creation of an entry for a building in the register that records that the single-building assessment report relating to the building—

(i) identifies remediation work as being needed,

(ii) does not identify any such work as being needed,

(b) the amendment of an entry for a building in the register (whenever created) to record that an additional work assessment report relating to the building—

(i) identifies remediation work as being needed,

(ii) does not identify any such work as being needed,

(c) the amendment of an entry for a building in the register (whenever created) that records that a single-building assessment report relating to the building identifies remediation work as being needed to include the date on which the Scottish Ministers were satisfied that the work was complete,

(d) the amendment of an entry for a building in the register (whenever created) that has been amended (at any time) to record that an additional work assessment report relating to the building identifies remediation work as being needed to include the date on which the Scottish Ministers were satisfied that the work was complete.

Commencement Information

I2 S. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)