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Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981

As Enacted Cited authorities 46 Cited in Amendments 2 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1981/1596
Year1981

1981 No. 1596 (S. 169)

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1981

29thOctober 1981

16thDecember 1981

17thMarch 1982

Arrangement of Regulations

Note: Throughout these regulations, an asterisk against the heading to a regulation denotes that one of the specifications in Schedule 13 is deemed to satisfy a provision of that regulation and, throughout the Arrangement of Regulations, the symbol · indicates where changes of substance made by this statutory instrument occur.

Regulation

Part A: General

SECTION I-CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT

A1 Citation and commencement

SECTION II-REVOCATION AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

·A2 Revocation

A3 Transitional provisions

SECTION III-GENERAL INTERPRETATION

·A4 Classification of buildings by occupancy

·A5 Interpretation

A6 Land in different occupation

A7 Rooms in houses

A8 Occupant capacity

Table 1 to regulation A8

Table 2 to regulation A8

A9 Classification of roofs

SECTION IV-APPLICATION

A10 Exempted classes and fixtures for the fitting of which no warrant required

A11 Exclusion from specification in section 11 notices

SECTION V-GENERAL

A12 Buildings having a short life

A13 Deemed-to-satisfy specifications

Part B: Materials and durability

B1 Interpretation of Part B

·B2 *Selection and use of materials

Regulation

Part C: Structural strength and stability

·C1 Interpretation of Part C

·C2 *Foundation and structure above foundation

·C3 *Further requirements for the structure of certain buildings

Part D: Structural fire precautions

D1 Application of Part D

·D2 Interpretation of Part D

·D3 Provision of compartment walls and compartment floors

Table to regulation D3

·D4 Places of special fire risk

D5 Provision of separating walls and separating floors

·D6 Requirements as to fire resistance

·Table 1 to regulation D6

·Table 2 to regulation D6

·D7 Requirements as to non-combustibility

·Table to regulation D7

D8 Additional requirements for compartment walls

·D9 Fire-resisting doors

·D10 Additional requirements for separating walls

·D11 Additional requirements for separating floors and compartment floors

D12 Protection of ducts and pipes

·D13 Protection of lifts

·D14 Provision and construction of cavity barriers and fire-stops

·Table to regulation D14(5)

D15 Connection of elements

·D16 Timber on outer face of external walls

D17 Special provisions as to pends

·D18 Distance of side of building from boundary

·D19 Roofs

·Table to regulation D19(2)

D20 Application for warrant for more than one building

D21 *Special provisions as to certain groups of garages

·D22 Special provisions as to certain small garages and carports

·D23 Attached greenhouses, carports and covered ways

·D24 *Fuel oil storage tanks

·Table to regulation D24(4)

Regulation

Part E: Means of escape from fire and assistance to fire service

·E1 Application of Part E

·Table to regulation E1

·E2 Interpretation of Part E

·Table 1 to regulation E2

·Table 2 to regulation E2

·E3 Provision of escape routes

·E4 General requirements as to escape routes

·E5 *Additional requirements as to escape routes

·E6 Number of escape routes

·Table 1 to regulation E6

·Table 2 to regulation E6

·E7 Travel distance in relation to escape routes

·Table 1 to regulation E7

·Table 2 to regulation E7

·Table 3 to regulation E7

·E8 Width of escape routes

·Table to regulation E8

·E9 Special requirements for places of special fire risk, etc

·E10 Enclosure of stairways and ramps

·E11 Protection of stairways not forming part of an escape route and escalators

·E12 Lobby approach stairways

·E13 Construction of ramps

·E14 Doors in escape routes

·E15 Lighting of escape routes

·E16 *Emergency lighting

·Table to regulation E16

·E17 Surfaces of walls and ceilings

·Table to regulation E17(1)

·Table to regulation E17

·E18 Roof lights

·E19 Ceilings of plastics materials

·Table to regulation E19

·E20 Construction of and access to windows

·E21 Access to buildings for fire-fighting purposes

·E22 *Provision of fire mains

·E23 *Provision of ground hydrants

·E24 *Fire lifts

·E25 Special provisions for flats and maisonettes

·Table to regulation E25(6)

Regulation

·Table 1 to regulation E25

·Table 2 to regulation E25

·Table 3 to regulation E25

·E26 Special provisions for houses of more than two storeys other than maisonettes

·Table to regulation E26

Part F: Chimneys, flues, hearths and the installation of heat producing appliances

SECTION I-APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION

·F1 Application of Part F

·F2 Interpretation of Part F

SECTION II-SOLID FUEL APPLIANCES AND CERTAIN GAS APPLIANCES AND INCINERATORS

F3 *Construction of chimneys

·F4 *Construction of flue-pipes

F5 Height of chimney stacks and flue-pipes

·F6 Combustible materials in relation to chimneys and flue-pipes

F7 Metal fastenings

F8 Sealing the outside of chimneys

F9 Thickness of materials surrounding flues in chimneys

·F10 *Lining of flues, etc

F11 Access to certain flues

F12 *Flues for appliances

F13 *Thickness of materials surrounding fireplace openings

·F14 Thickness of materials in proximity to free-standing appliances

F15 Constructional hearths in fireplace openings

F16 Constructional hearths other than in fireplace openings

F17 Combustible material under constructional hearths

F18 Construction of appliances

·F19 Installation of appliances

·F20 *Fireguard fittings

·'F21 Additional requirements for factory-made insulated chimneys

SECTION III-OIL-BURNING APPLIANCES

·F22 Appliances

·F23 *Flues for appliances

·F24 *Design and construction of chimneys and flue-pipes

·F25 Height of chimney stacks and flue-pipes

Regulation

SECTION IV-GAS-BURNING APPLIANCES AND CERTAIN INCINERATORS

·F26 *Design and construction of chimneys and flue-pipes

F27 Flue outlets

F28 Fastenings in relation to chimneys

F29 Thickness of materials surrounding flues in chimneys

F30 Access to flues

·F31 Flues for appliances

·F32 Combustible material in relation to appliances

·F33 Hearths for appliances

·F34 Installation of gas appliances in rooms containing baths or showers

SECTION V-GENERAL

·F35 Chimneys, flue-pipes and hearths used in conjunction with appliances of a high rating and certain incinerators

·F36 *Electric warm air central heating units

F37 Appliances for heating and cooking

·F38 *Efficiency and safety of appliances

Part G: Preparation of sites and resistance to the passage of moisture

G1 Application of Part G

·G2 Interpretation of Part G

G3 *Protection against sub-soil water and flood water

G4 Existing drains

G5 Removal of matter harmful to health

G6 Removal of surface soil and other matter

G7 *Treatment of solum

G8 *Resistance to moisture from the ground

G9 *Resistance to moisture from rain or snow

Part H: Resistance to the transmission of sound

H1 Application of Part H

·H2 Interpretation of Part H

H3 *Separating walls and floors

Table to regulation H3

H4 Measurement of sound transmission

Regulation

Part J: Resistance to the transmission of heat and means to conserve energy

SECTION I-HOUSES AND CHALETS

J1 Application of Section I

·J2 Interpretation of Section I

J3 *Roofs

J4 *Walls

J5 *Floors

J6 *Control of interstitial condensation

SECTION II-BUILDINGS OTHER THAN HOUSES AND CHALETS

J7 Application of Section II

·J8 Interpretation of Section II

J9 Walls, floors and roofs

Table 1 to regulation J9

Table 2 to regulation J9

SECTION III-HEATING CONTROLS IN BUILDINGS OTHER THAN HOUSES

·J10 Application of Section III

·J11 Interpretation of Section III

·J12 Provision of heating controls

·J13 Control of internal space temperature

·J14 Control of intermittent heating

·J15 Control of the operational selection of boilers

·J16 Control of hot water storage temperature

7bull;J17 Accessibility and identification of controls

Part K: Ventilation of buildings

K1 Application of Part K

·K2 Interpretation of Part K

SECTION I-VENTILATION OF HOUSES

K3 *Cross ventilation of houses

K4 *Kitchens

K5 *Apartments and other rooms in houses

K6 *Bathrooms, washrooms and waterclosets

K7 *Ancillary accommodation

SECTION II-VENTILATION OF GARAGES

K8 *Small garages

K9 *Garages other than small garages

Regulation

SECTION III-VENTILATION OF BUILDINGS OTHER THAN HOUSES AND GARAGES

K10*Ventilation of buildings other than houses and garages

Table to regulation K10

SECTION IV-GENERAL

K11*Additional requirements for sleeping rooms

K12*Enclosed access to houses and other buildings

K13*Lift machine rooms and lift wells

K14 General requirements for windows and ventilators

K15 Windows and ventilators opening to courts or passages

K16 External openings to mechanical ventilation system

K17 Construction of ventilation ducts

Part M: Drainage and sanitary appliances

M1 Application of Part M

·M2 Interpretation of Part M

·M3 *Drainage system of a building

·M4 *Construction of drains

M5 *Additional requirements for drains in or under buildings

M6 *Drain tracks passing near or under walls

M7 Junctions

M8 *Construction of manholes

M9 Ventilation of drains

M10 Installation of traps

M11 *Oil, grease and silt interceptors

M12 Drains conveying steam or hot water

M13*Ventilation of traps

M14*Soil pipes, soil-waste pipes, waste pipes and ventilating pipes

·M15*Additional requirements for soil, soil-waste and ventilating pipes

·M16*Additional requirements for waste pipes

M17*Sanitary appliances

M18*Maintenance of water seal in traps

M19*Machines for the wet disposal of solid refuse and food processing machines

M20 Disposal of rainwater from buildings

M21*Gutters and channels for roofs, canopies and balconies

M22*Rainwater pipes

Regulation

·M23 Ducts for services

M24*Provision of sanitary conveniences in buildings

Part N: Electrical installations

N1 Application of Part N

·N2 Interpretation of Part N

N3 *Electrical conductors and apparatus

N4 *Fuses, switches and circuit-breakers

N5 *Precautions against metal becoming live

N6 *Isolation of systems and apparatus

N7 *Installation of apparatus

N8 *Connection of appliances to supply

N9 *Precautions against special conditions

N10*Voltages exceeding 250 volts

N11*Electrical appliances

N12*Electrical switches, fittings and...

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