Scottish Statutory Instruments
Housing
Made
5th December 2024
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
9th December 2024
Coming into force
6th January 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39(2) and (3) of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 6 January 2025.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024.
2. 6 January 2025 is the appointed day for the coming into force of all of the provisions of the Act, so far as not already in force.
3. In section 30(4) (reports on progress with single-building assessments and remediation work) of the Act, in the definition of “reporting period”, for “the day on which this section comes into force” substitute “6 January 2025”.
PAUL McLENNAN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th December 2024
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force on 6 January 2025 all of the provisions of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the Act”), so far as not already in force.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 21 June 2024. By virtue of section 39(1) of the Act, sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 came into force on the day after Royal Assent.
Regulation 3 amends the definition of “reporting period” in section 30(4) of the Act by substituting 6 January 2025 for a reference to the day on which that section comes into force.