Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government (a) when and (b) how it will consult on the appointment of building standards verifiers.
The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 allows Scottish Ministers to appoint verifiers on such terms or limitations as they feel appropriate. It also allows any appointment to be made, varied or terminated at any time. Local authorities are appointed as verifiers until end the end of April 2017. I am currently reviewing the appointment process for verifiers from May 2017 onwards, however there are no plans for wider consultation on the matter.