The Building (Fees)(Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025: equality impact assessment
Equality impact assessment carried out to understand the potential impact of the proposed policy to increase building warrant fees in Scotland through the Building (Fees)(Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025.
Stage 3: Assessing the impacts and identifying opportunities to promote equality
Having considered the data and evidence you have gathered, this section requires you to consider the potential impacts – negative and positive – that your policy might have on each of the protected characteristics. It is important to remember the duty is also a positive one – that we must explore whether the policy offers the opportunity to promote equality and/or foster good relations.
Age |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
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Eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on age. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on age. |
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Promoting good relations among and between different age groups |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on age. |
Disability |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. It will not positively or negatively impact disabled people. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. It will not positively or negatively impact disabled people. |
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Promoting good relations among and between disabled and non-disabled people |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. It will not positively or negatively impact disabled people. |
Sex |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on sex. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on sex. |
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Promoting good relations between men and women |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on sex. |
Pregnancy and Maternity |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on women on the grounds of pregnancy and maternity. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on women on the grounds of pregnancy and maternity. |
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Promoting good relations |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on women on the grounds of pregnancy and maternity. |
Do you think your policy impacts on people proposing to undergo, undergoing, or who have undergone a process for the purpose of reassigning their sex? Either directly or indirectly?
(NB: the Equality Act 2010 uses the term 'transsexual people' but 'trans people' is more commonly used)
Gender reassignment |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people proposing to undergo, undergoing, or who have undergone a process for the purpose of reassigning their sex. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people proposing to undergo, undergoing, or who have undergone a process for the purpose of reassigning their sex. |
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Promoting good relations |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people proposing to undergo, undergoing, or who have undergone a process for the purpose of reassigning their sex. |
Sexual orientation |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their sexual orientation. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their sexual orientation. |
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Promoting good relations |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their sexual orientation. |
Race |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their race. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their race. |
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Promoting good race relations |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their race. |
Religion or belief |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their religion or belief. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their religion or belief. |
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Promoting good relations |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their religion or belief. |
Marriage and Civil Partnership[2] |
Positive |
Negative |
None |
Reasons for your decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliminating unlawful discrimination |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their marriage or civil partnership. |
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Advancing equality of opportunity |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their marriage or civil partnership. |
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Promoting good relations |
None |
This policy aims to increase building warrant fees to fund the changes to improve and strengthen the building standards system. This proposal has no impact on people on the grounds of their marriage or civil partnership. |
Contact
Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot
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