The Act Overview Part 5 – Building assessment reports Section 63: Building assessment reports
143.Subsection (1) requires that a “relevant person” must prepare building assessment reports in relation to each non-domestic building in which it has an interest. Section 67 defines “relevant person” for Part 5 of the Act as Scottish public authorities and any other person the Scottish Ministers may specify by regulations. Subsection (4) provides that a relevant person with an interest in a building is a person with a right of ownership in the building or such other interest as the Scottish Ministers may specify by regulations.
144.In relation to each building covered by the report, the report must set out the potential for the non-domestic building to be supported by a heat network and the expected operational life span of the building’s existing thermal energy system (subsection (2)).
145.The Scottish Ministers will specify by regulations the manner in which a building assessment report must be prepared and the intervals at which the report should be prepared (subsections (3) and (5)).