Office of Public Sector Information

Office of Public Sector Information

Advanced Search

Main navigation

Supplementary menus and contents

Related Pages
Feeds

Page 1 of 10

Next

First page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Last page

Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003 and 2004. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

Royal arms

Building (Scotland) Act 1959

1959 CHAPTER 24 7_and_8_Eliz_2

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Buildings Authorities

    1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 2.General provisions relating to local authorities

  2. Part II

    Building Standards and Building Operations

    1. 3. Building standards regulations

    2. 4. Relaxation of building standards regulations

    3. 4A.Appeal against decision of local authority in application for relaxation of building standards regulations

    4. 4B. Class warrants

    5. 5. Building operations regulations

    6. 6. Application of building standards regulations and building operations regulations to construction or demolition, and to change of use, of buildings

    7. 6AA. Self-certification of design

    8. 6A. Reference to [ F2Scottish Ministers] of applications for warrant under s. 6

    9. 6B. Provisions supplementary to s. 6A

    10. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 9.Certificates of completion

    13. 10. Powers in relation to buildings constructed without warrant or in contravention of conditions of warrant, and buildings whose life has expired

    14. 11. Power of local authorities to require buildings to conform to building standards regulations

    15. 12. Building Standards Advisory Committee

  3. Part III

    Dangerous Buildings

    1. 13. Action to be taken in respect of buildings found to be dangerous

    2. 14. Power of local authorities to sell materials from demolished buildings

    3. 15. Power of local authorities to purchase buildings and sites where owner cannot be found

  4. Part IV

    Supplementary

    1. 16. Appeals

    2. 17. Supplementary provisions as to operations required to be carried out

    3. 18. Inspection and tests

    4. 19.Penalties

    5. 19A. Civil liability

    6. 20. Fees chargeable by local authorities

    7. 21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 22.Information

    9. 23. Inquiries

    10. 24. Regulations

    11. 25. Service of notices, etc

    12. 26. Crown rights

    13. 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    14. 28.Financial provisions

    15. 29.Interpretation

    16. 30. Local Act provisions

    17. 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    18. 32. Short title, extent and commencement

  5. FIRST SCHEDULE

  6. SECOND SCHEDULE

  7. THIRD SCHEDULE

    Matters which may be provided for by Regulations under . . . subsection (4) of section 2

  8. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    Matters in regard to which building standards regulations may be made

  9. FIFTH SCHEDULE

  10. SIXTH SCHEDULE

    Recovery of expenses by charging order

  11. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

    Evacuation of dangerous buildings

  12. EIGHTH SCHEDULE

  13. NINTH SCHEDULE

    Minor and Consequential Amendments of Enactments

  14. TENTH SCHEDULE

An Act to make as respects Scotland new provision for safety, health and other matters in respect of the construction of buildings and for safety in respect of the conduct of building operations; for these purposes to establish buildings authorities for burghs and landward areas of counties and to amend the law relating to dean of guild courts; to amend the powers of local authorities in relation to buildings which are below prescribed standards or dangerous; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[30th April 1959]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act amended (3.3.2002) by S.S.I. 2001/320, reg. 4 (as inserted (3.3.2002) by S.S.I. 2002/40, reg. 2)

C2Act: definition of "building" in this Act applied by City of Edinburgh District Council Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. xix), s. 1, Sch. s. 1

Act modified (6.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/677, art. 4

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 32(3); Act wholly in force on 15.6.1964.

Page 1 of 10

Next

First page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Last page