CONSULTATION ON REGULATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING (SCOTLAND) ACT
Dear Sir or Madam
CONSULTATION ON REGULATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING (SCOTLAND) ACT
We are inviting written responses to this consultation by 26 July 2004. The consultation covers three distinct areas and three sets of documents are enclosed.
The first part of the consultation concerns the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations and comprises:
- an introductory paper,
- a new Procedural Handbook; and
- a more detailed document on Approved Certifiers
- draft regulations
The regulations themselves are at an early stage and will be completed when consultation on the proposals in the Handbook is completed. These documents are on blue paper.
The second part of the consultation concerns the Building (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations and comprises:
- an introductory paper, and
- draft regulations.
These documents are on cream paper.
The third part of the consultation concerns the addition of a requirement for automatic life safety fire suppression systems in certain building types and comprises:
- an introductory paper; and
- a draft of the additional technical pages showing the proposed guidance for inclusion within the Technical Handbooks.
The text of the proposed requirement is included in this paper. These documents are on yellow paper.
We are aware that not all recipients will wish to comment on all three parts of the consultation. However, we have sent you all the documents so you can see the scale of the consultation and respond to all parts in which you have an interest.
Please send your response to:
Heather Brown
Building Standards Division
Scottish Executive Development Department
Area 2-H
Victoria Quay
EDINBURGH
EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131 244 7448
Fax: 0131 244 0404
Email: Heather.Brown@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
If you have any queries contact Heather Brown at the above address.
We would be grateful if you could clearly indicate in your response which of the three parts of the consultation you are responding to as this will aid our analysis of the responses received.
This consultation, and all other SE consultation exercises, can be viewed online at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations. You can telephone Freephone 0800 77 1234 to find out where your nearest public internet access point is.
The Scottish Executive now has an email alert system for SE consultations ( Seconsult).
This system allows stakeholder individuals and organisations to register and receive a weekly email containing details of all new SE consultations (including web links). SEconsult complements, but in no way replaces SE distribution lists, and is designed to allow stakeholders to keep up to date with all SE consultations activity, and therefore be alerted at the earliest opportunity to those of most interest. We would encourage you to register.
Access to consultation responses
We will make all responses available to the public in the Scottish Executive Library by 23 August 2004 unless confidentiality is requested. All responses not marked confidential will be checked for any potentially defamatory material before being logged in the library.
Yours faithfully
DR J P CORNISH
Head of Building Standards
THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE CONSULTATION PROCESS
Consultation is an essential and important aspect of Scottish Executive working methods. Given the wide-ranging areas of work of the Scottish Executive, there are many varied types of consultation. However, in general Scottish Executive consultation exercises aim to provide opportunities for all those who wish to express their opinions on a proposed area of work to do so in ways which will inform and enhance that work.
While details of particular circumstances described in a response to a consultation exercise may usefully inform the policy process, consultation exercises cannot address individual concerns and comments, which should be directed to the relevant public body. Consultation exercises may involve seeking views in a number of different ways, such as public meetings, focus groups or questionnaire exercises.
Typically, Scottish Executive consultations involve a written paper inviting answers to specific questions or more general views about the material presented. Written papers are distributed to organisations and individuals with an interest in the area of consultation, and they are also placed on the Scottish Executive web site enabling a wider audience to access the paper and submit their responses. Copies of all the responses received to consultation exercises (except those where the individual or organisation requested confidentiality) are placed in the Scottish Executive library at Saughton House, Edinburgh (K Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD, telephone 0131 244 4552).
The views and suggestions detailed in consultation responses are analysed and used as part of the decision making process. Depending on the nature of the consultation exercise the responses received may:
- indicate the need for policy development or review
- inform the development of a particular policy
- help decisions to be made between alternative policy proposals
- be used to finalise legislation before it is implemented
If you have any comment about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to the contact details provided in the covering letter.
RESPONDEE INFORMATION FORM
Please complete the details below and attach it with your response. This will help ensure we handle your response appropriately:
CONSULTATION LIST
Abbott Group
Anderson Strathern
Andrew Davie Timber Frame Homes
Anglian Windows (Scotland)
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
ARUP (Scotland)
Association for the Conservation of Energy
Association for Specialist Fire Protection
Association of British Insurers
Association of British Theatre Technicians
Association of Building Engineers
Association of Planning Supervisors
Association of Scottish Chambers of Commerce
Auchmillan Ltd
Babtie Group
BAFE
Barratt Developments PLC
Barratt Homes Ltd
Bellway Homes
Bett Homes
BM TRADA Certification
Boarding Schools Association
Bovis Lend Lease
BPD Ltd
British Automatic Sprinkler Association Ltd
British Board of Agrement
British Fire Protection Systems Assoc Limited
British Institute of Architectural Technologists
British Retail Consortium
British Standards Institution
Bryant Homes Scotland
Building Regulations Division - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Building Research Establishment, Fire Research
Building Services Research and Info Association
Building Societies Association
Building Standards Advisory Committee
Bullen Consultants
Buro Happold FEDRA
Butler & Young Ltd
Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency
Chartered Instit of Building Services Engineers
Cairn Property Consultants Ltd
CALA Homes (West) Ltd
Capability Scotland
Care Commission
Care and Repair Forum
Carillion Specialist Services Ltd
Carrick Housing Association Ltd
Central Way
Centre for Independent Living
Century 21 Ltd
Chartered Institute of Building
Chartered Institute of Building in Scotland
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association
Chiltern International FRE Ltd
Church of Scotland
Cobban Liron, Weddell & Thomson
Colt International
Commission for Racial Equality
Communities Scotland
Community Access Office
Confederation of British Industry
Construction Industry Research & Info Assoc.
Construction Licensing Executive
Construction Products Association
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA)
CORGI (Council for Registered Gas Installers)
CR Smith
Cruden Homes (Scotland) Ltd
Dawn Homes Ltd
Disability Rights Commission
Door and Shutter Manufacturers Association
DSSR
Edinburgh Fire Consultants Ltd
Electrical Contractors Association
Epwin Group
Equal Opportunities Commission
Eurisol (UK) Ltd
Everest Ltd
Federation of Master Builders
Fire Brigades Union
Fire Protection Association
Fire Safety Development Group
Fire Service College
Fire Sprinkler Association
Flamerisk Safety Solutions Ltd
Fuel Industry Association
Fyne Homes
GDK Associates
Geze UK Ltd
GLD Design
Gleeds
Griffiths & Armour Professional Risks
Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd
Harley Haddow Partnership
Hawthorn Housing Co-operative
HBG Construction Scotland Limited
Health & Safety Executive
Heating and Ventilation Contractors Association
Heating and Ventilation Manufacturers Association
HETAS
L N Henderson & Associates
Heriot Watt University
Heritage Homes Scotland Ltd
Historic Scotland
Homes for Scotland
Hope South West Ltd
Inclusion Scotland
Independent Glass Co Ltd
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Fire Engineers
Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers
Institution of Structural Engineers
International Fire Consultants
Intumescent Fire Seals Association
J Smart & Co
John Gilbert Architects
Kingspan Insulation Ltd.
Laing Management (Scotland) Ltd
Laird, Michael - Architects
Law Society of Scotland
Lionweld Kennedy Ltd
Lovell (Scotland)
Mactaggart & Mickel Ltd
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association
McCarthy and Stone (Developments) PLC
Mclean Gibson Partnership
McLean Homes (Scotland)
Miller Homes
Morrison Construction
Muir Homes Ltd
National Association of Shopfitters
National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting
National Prefabricated Building Association
National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC)
Network Veka Ltd
NHBC
NHBC Scotland
NHS Scotland - Estates Environment Forum
OFTEC
Passive Fire Protection Federation
Penicuik Windows & Conservatories
Persimmon Homes
Peter Jenkins Consultancy
Property and Environment Forum
Ratcliffe Grove Partnership
Ravensby Glass Ltd
Redrow Homes (Scotland)
Residential Sprinkler Association
RICS in Scotland
RMJM Scotland Ltd,
Robert Potter & Partners
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland
Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland
Scottish Association of Building Standards Managers (SABSM)
Scottish Accident Prevention Council
Scottish Association of Landlords
Scottish Building
Scottish Care
Scottish Casec
Scottish Civic Forum
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Construction Environment Group
Scottish Construction Industry Group (SCIG)
Scottish Consumer Council
Scottish Council of Independent Schools
Scottish Decorators Federation
Scottish Disability Equality Forum
Scottish Ecological Design Association
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Firemasters
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Scottish Local Authorities
Scottish National Party
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish & Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation
Scottish Oil Firing Training Centre
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish Timber Trade Association
Scottish Water
SDEF
SELECT
Selkirk Manufacturing Ltd
Sheltered Housing Network
Smoke Control
Specialist Engineering Contractors Group
Steel Construction Institute
Stewart Milne Homes
Stewart Milne Timber Systems
Taylor Design Services
Tenos Fire Safety Engineering
The Accounts Commission
The Building Performance Centre
The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations
The Institute of Plumbing
The Pollock Hammond Partnership
The Richard Gibb Consultancy
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA)
Thermal Economics Ltd
Thermal Insulation Contractors Association
Timber Research & Dev Assoc:Scot Reg Office
UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA)
Union of Const Allied Trades & Technicians
University of Aberdeen
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Strathclyde
Velux Co Ltd
Walker Group (Scotland) Ltd
Walker Timber Ltd
Wilson Connolly Scotland
Wimpey, George Scotland
Window Advice Centre
Wittets Ltd
Womens National Commission
Yule A C & Son Ltd
Zurich Municipal