Scottish Building Standards Agency
- Scottish Building Standards Agency
The Scottish Building Standards Agency is an executive agency of the Scottish Government. It is responsible for building standards regulations in Scotland.
The Agency is based in Livingston, West Lothian
History
The Agency was formed on 21 June, 2004. It was set the responsibility to carry out the duties of the Scottish Government as set out in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003. The 2003 Act introduced a new building standards system in Scotland, which started on 1 May, 2005. The building standards system is set out to protect the public interest in the design, construction, conversion and demolition of buildings. The system requires plans to be verified as meeting the standards set out in the regulations. [ [http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/about/agency_intro.htm SBSA- About us] ]
The agency was located in Livingston, in line with the Government's policy of relocating public sector jobs outwith Edinburgh. Staff from the existing building standards division of the Scottish Government were transferred to the Agency. [ [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=634002004 "Scotsman" - Watchdog jobs for Livingston] ]
Role
The Agency describe their functions as to:
#to prepare the building regulations and write guidance on how to meet the regulations
#to provide views on compliance to help verifiers make decisions
#to grant relaxations of the regulations in exceptional cases
#to maintain a register of Approved Certifiers
#to monitor and audit the certification system
#to monitor and audit the performance of verifiers
#to verify Crown building work [ [http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/about/agency_intro.htm SBSA- About us] ]
External links
* [http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/index.htm Scottish Building Standards Agency]
References
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