On 22 Oct 2006 13:12:12 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
Owain writes:
wrote:
How come the Scots escaped Part P?

Because building regulations is a devolved matter.

In Scotland, that means devolved to a quango.

and they didn't escape -- actually they got theirs first (called
Part something-else as the letters are out of sync). However,
theirs was much more reasonable, i.e. without all the extra
red tape and expense.


To paraphrase Captain Jack Sparrow:

"That would be the Scots"