The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023

Amendment of regulation 2 - interpretation

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “direct emission heating system” substitute—

““direct emission heating system”, in relation to a building, means a fixed combustion appliance installation (other than a fixed combustion appliance installation which is a source of production from which thermal energy is distributed by a heat network) the purpose of which is to produce thermal energy by which space within the building is heated or cooled, or by which hot water is made available in the building, and which—

(a)

is located within the building, or curtilage of the building, and

(b)

during normal operation produces more than a negligible level of greenhouse gas emissions at the point of production of that thermal energy,”,

(b) after the definition of “maisonette” insert—

““pre-2024 building” means a building—

(a)

originally constructed before 1 April 2024, or

(b)

constructed after that date in accordance with a building warrant granted (whether before or after that date) in respect of an application for a building warrant made before that date,”.