The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 24th July 1995.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1981(1).

Amendment of principal Regulations

2.  The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in paragraph 1 of regulation 3 (Interpretation) for the definition of “Technical Standards” there shall be substituted—

““Technical Standards” means the Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990(2) issued by the Scottish Office in October 1990 as amended by the substitute pages issued by the Scottish Office in and dated July 1993 and June 1994”(3);

(b) at the end of regulation 7 (Fees) there shall be added—

“(2A) The estimated cost referred to in Schedule 2 shall not include any amount in respect of value added tax in relation to the carrying out of work to which the estimate relates.”; and

(c) for paragraph (b) of regulation 51 (Notices regarding operations) there shall be substituted—

• “in the case of a drain which is ready to be tested for the purposes of the deemed to satisfy provisions in the Technical Standards applicable to paragraphs M2.1 and M2.2 of those Standards, that the drain had been laid and is ready for test, and”.

Increase in local authority fees

3.—(1) With effect from 24th July 1995, for Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(2) With effect from 24th July 1996, for Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as substituted in accordance with paragraph (1) above, there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Revocation and transitional provision

4.—(1) The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1991(4) are hereby revoked.

(2) Regulation 2(c) above shall not apply in relation to operations in pursuance of a warrant granted before 24th July 1995, including a warrant granted before that date and subsequently extended or amended.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th June 1995