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Changes of building regulations in Scotland effects on self certification of building structures

By: Language: English Series: Civil Engineering Surveyor ; May 2005, 38-39(2)Publication details: 2005Subject(s): Summary: Gives details of the recent Building (Scotland) Act 2003 which was introduced with the aim of modernising the Scottish building standards system and became operational on 1 May 2005. The legislation discontinues the self certification system for structural design in Scotland and new regulations will allow ministers to empower suitably qualified design professionals as 'certifiers of design'.

Gives details of the recent Building (Scotland) Act 2003 which was introduced with the aim of modernising the Scottish building standards system and became operational on 1 May 2005. The legislation discontinues the self certification system for structural design in Scotland and new regulations will allow ministers to empower suitably qualified design professionals as 'certifiers of design'.