UK Law

Tag: Buildings

  • House

    Boarding-House: Legal History Boarding-House, a private house in which the proprietor provides board and lodging for paying guests. The position of a guest in a boarding-house differs in English law, to some extent, on the one hand from that of a lodger in the ordinary sense of the term, and […]

  • Foundation

    Foundation in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Foundation in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: that part of the structure in direct contact with, and transmitting loads to, the ground.

  • Factory

    Factory (Class 1) in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Factory (Class 1) in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: is any factory involved in manufacturing, processing, repairing, cleaning, washing, breaking up or otherwise treating any substance comprising or used in […]

  • Land

    Land in different occupation in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Land in different occupation in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: in relation to a building, means land occupied, or to be occupied, by a person other than the occupier of the land on which the building […]

  • Zone

    External Wall in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of External Wall in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: includes a part of a roof pitched at an angle of 70? or more to the horizontal. Covered área in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Covered área in the context […]

  • Room

    Room in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Room in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: any enclosed part of a storey intended for human occupation or, where no part of any such storey is so enclosed, the whole of that storey, but excepting in either case any part used […]

  • Prison

    Compartment Wall in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Compartment Wall in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: a wall with the fire resistance required to ensure compartmentation.

  • Protected Zone

    Protected zone in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Protected zone in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: that part of an escape route which is within a building, but not within aroom, and to which access is only by way of a protected door and from which there is an […]

  • Protected Zone

    Protected zone in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Protected zone in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: that part of an escape route which is within a building, but not within aroom, and to which access is only by way of a protected door and from which there is an […]

  • Emergency

    Emergency debates Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament An emergency debate is a debate called at short notice in the House of Commons when a matter needs to be discussed urgently. An Member of Parliament may apply to the Speaker for an emergency debate under the rules of Standing Order No. […]

  • Disabled People

    Disabled people in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Disabled people in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: persons with a physical, hearing or sight impairment which affects their mobility or their use of buildings.

  • Office

    Concept of Office The following is an old definition of Office [1], a term which has several meanings:1. A right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. The right, and correspondent duty, to execute a public or private trust, and to […]

  • Water

    Surface water in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Surface wáter in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: the run-off of rainwater from roofs and any paved ground surface within thecurtilage of a building. Wastewater in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of […]

  • Value

    U-value in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of U-value in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: (or thermal transmittance co-efficient) is a measure of how much heat will pass through one square metre of a structure when the temperatures on either side of the structure […]

  • Shop

    Shop in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Shop in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: a building or premises used for retail or wholesale trade or business, including sales by auction, self-selection and over the counter wholesale trading, hairdressing and beauty or body […]