The Principal Regulations are more commonly referred to as the Building Regulations and currently are "The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000". These Regulations revoked and replaced with amendments the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 ("The 1994 Regulations") and all subsequent amending Regulations.
They impose certain mandatory requirements (called functional or performance requirements) in relation to:-
a. The construction of any building and to certain services and fittings in conjunction with any building.
b. The structural alteration or extension of any building and
c. Any building undergoing a material change of use.
They came into operation on 1st April 2001, but do not apply in relation to work which has been completed or for which plans have been deposited with a District Council before that date. Each part of the Regulations is identified by a capital letter and the Regulations within each part are identified by the appropriate letter and by numbers which run from "1" within each part.
Most of the mandatory requirements of the Regulations are complemented by provisions which describe methods or materials which are deemed to satisfy the relevant functional or performance requirements. These provisions (called "deemed to satisfy provision" and printed in italics) use of British Standards, British Standard Codes of Practice and where relevant Technical Booklets. In addition:-
a. Any products designed and manufactured in accordance with a European Council Directive Relating to a particular purpose shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of these Regulations insofar as they relate to that purpose: and
b. Any products designed and manufactured in accordance with:-
(i) Any national technical specification of a state within the European Economic area:
(ii) Any relevant international standard recognised for use within such a state:
(iii) Any appropriate traditional procedures of manufacture used within such a state: and
(iv) any European Technical approvals issued in accordance with Directive 89/106/EEC which give an equivalent standard of protection and performance to the relevant British Standard or Code of Practice will also be deemed to satisfy. The relevant requirements of these Regulations
These provisions do not preclude use of other methods or materials which will satisfy the functional requirements. (See Regulation A3)
Click to link to The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.
Click to link to The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.
Click to link to The Building (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.
Click to link to The Building (Amendment No.1) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 - Amendments to D & J.
