The Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the building regulations”), the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“the procedure regulations”) and the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the forms regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 5 to the building regulations (building standards applicable to design and construction) to provide that—

• the obligation to install an automatic fire suppression system does not apply to new buildings forming part of, or an extension to, an existing school if it is not reasonably practicable to do so,

• the requirement regarding accommodation for solid waste storage applies only to flats and maisonettes,

• water efficiency fittings must be installed in dwellings, and

• school buildings containing classrooms have to meet specified levels of sustainability.

Regulation 2 also amends Schedule 6 to the building regulations so that the building standards regarding water efficiency fittings also apply to conversions.

Regulation 3 amends the procedure regulations to provide that fire safety design summaries must be provided with completion certificates relating to the construction of, or conversion to, a new non–domestic building and entered in the building standards register.

Regulation 4 amends the forms regulations so that the relevant forms refer to fire safety design summaries.

Regulation 5 contains transitional provision.