Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment

Purpose and Intended Effect of the introduction of the Cladding Remediation (Scotland) Bill 2023

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1. The purpose of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill (‘the Bill’) is to facilitate the delivery of the Cladding Remediation Programme^[1].

2. The Programme aims to safeguard residents and owners by addressing the risk to human life that is (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by a building’s external wall cladding system, as well as the consequential negative impacts which can currently exist in relation to the buying, selling, and re-mortgaging of relevant flatted residential properties in Scotland. The Programme scope is limited to multi-residential domestic buildings which may include a commercial premises, constructed or refurbished between 1 June 1992 and 1 June 2022, 11 metres or over in height and incorporating a form of external wall cladding system.