The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Amendment of Part A (Interpretation and general)

5.—(1) In regulation 2 (Interpretation and general) in the Table to paragraph (7)—

(a) below the Abbreviation or symbol “%” there shall be inserted “Mbps”; and

(b) below the Definitions “percent” there shall be inserted “Megabits per second”.

(2) In regulation 4 (Exemptions)—

(a) in paragraph (2) for “(3) and (6)” substitute “(3), (6) and (7)”;

(b) in paragraph (5)(b) for “Parts C to L” substitute “Parts C to M”;

(c) in paragraph (6) after “43B” insert “, and subject to regulation 77A, comply with the requirements of regulation 77B”; and

(d) after paragraph (6) insert the following paragraph—

“(7) Regulation 77B shall apply to buildings controlled under other legislation falling within Class 1 of Schedule 2.”.

(3) In regulation 5 (Application to erection of buildings) for “Parts A to L” substitute “Parts A to M”.

(4) In regulation 7 (Application to alterations and extensions) in paragraph (1) for “Parts A to L” substitute “Parts A to M”.

(5) In regulation 8 (Application to material change of use) for the Table to regulation 8 there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 1 of these Regulations.

(6) In regulation 11 (Application for a type approval certificate for the erection of a dwelling or dwellings)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(f) delete “and”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(g) for “.” substitute “; and”; and

(c) after paragraph (1)(g) insert—

“(h) matters relating to Part M (Physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications networks).”.