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These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st May 2009.
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(1) The Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “fire authority” substitute–“
 “fire authority” means–
(a) an enforcing authority within the meaning of section 61(9) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;
(b) a fire and rescue authority as defined in section 1 of that Act; or
(c) a joint fire and rescue board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made under section 2(1) of that Act;”.
(3) In regulation 58 (inspection of records and applications)–
(a) in paragraph (3) omit “for inspection in terms of paragraph (1) or”;
(b) in paragraph (4)–
(i) for “where disclosure or” substitute, “, a prison, a building where a person may be legally detained or otherwise legally held in custody, the Scottish Parliament or a building belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates where”; and
(ii) for “that disclosure or copying” substitute “that copying”;
(c) in paragraph (5) after “applies” insert “where paragraph (4) does not apply and”; and
(d) after paragraph (5) insert–“
(6) A local authority may remove a document from the building standards register if the disclosure or copying of that document would raise security concerns.”.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th March 2009