Building (Solar Panels) (Scotland) Act 2018 1

MODEL
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

Building (Solar Panels) (Scotland) Bill

SP Bill 51

(as introduced)

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 to make
provision about the inclusion of solar panels on certain buildings.

1 Solar panels to be included on certain buildings

(1) The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/406) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 5 (building standards applicable to design and construction), after paragraph
6.10 (energy: metering) insert—
“Microgeneration
6.11 Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that—
(a) as near as is reasonably practicable, 40% of the area of the roof is, or is covered by,
solar photovoltaic panels of an efficiency not lower than the level specified by the
Scottish Ministers;
(b) the electrical installation is capable of making use of the electricity produced by the
solar photovoltaic panels to supplement the electricity supplied to the installation by
the National Grid (if any); and
(c) a statement of the generating capacity and the efficiency of the solar photovoltaic
panels is affixed to the building.

Limitation
This standard applies only to a building where a supply of electricity is available and which—
(a) is a domestic or residential building;
(b) forms the whole or part of a sheltered housing complex; or
(c) is or includes a part in different occupation which is used for any commercial or
industrial process (other than a process where the covering of the roof would have
a significant detrimental impact).”
(3) In paragraph 1(e) of Schedule 6 (which specifies the standards in Schedule 5 which must be
met by conversions), after “6.10” insert “, 6.11”.

2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 January 2019.
2 Building (Solar Panels) (Scotland) Act 2018

3 Short title
The short title of this Act is the Building (Solar Panels) (Scotland) Act 2018.