Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979

SCHEDULES

Article 3(1)(a).

SCHEDULE 1 N.I. MATTERS IN REGARD TO WHICH BUILDING REGULATIONS MAY BE MADE

1.  Preparation of sites. N.I.

[F1 2.   Suitability, durability, use, reuse and recycling of materials and components (including surface finishes) and the life cycle of materials and components.] N.I.

F1 Sch. 1 paras. 2, 2A substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 2 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(a), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

[F2 2A   Measures requiring the use of reused or recycled materials.] N.I.

F2 Sch. 1 paras. 2, 2A substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 2 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(a), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

3.  Structural strength and stability, including— N.I.

(a) precautions against overloading, impact and explosion;

(b) measures to safeguard adjacent buildings and services;

(c) underpinning.

4.  Fire precautions, including— N.I.

(a) structural measures to resist the outbreak and spread of fire and to mitigate its effects;

(b) services, fittings and equipment designed to mitigate the effects of fire or to facilitate fire-fighting;

(c) means of escape in case of fire and means for securing that such means of escape can be safely and effectively used at all material times.

5.  Resistance to moisture and decay. N.I.

6.  Measures affecting the transmission of heat. N.I.

7.  Measures affecting the transmission of sound. N.I.

8.  Measures to prevent infestation. N.I.

9.  Measures affecting the emission of smoke, gases, fumes, grit or dust or other noxious or offensive substances. N.I.

10.  Drainage (including waste disposal units). N.I.

11.  Cesspools and other means for the reception, treatment or disposal of foul matter. N.I.

12.  Storage, treatment and removal of waste. N.I.

13.  Installations utilising solid fuel, oil, gas, electricity or any other fuel or power (including appliances, storage tanks, heat exchangers [F3 , low or zero carbon systems, heat networks], ducts, fans and other equipment). N.I.

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 13 inserted (31.8.2009) by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(b), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

14.   [F4 Communications services] (including telephones and radio and television wiring installations). N.I.

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15.  Lifts, escalators, hoists, conveyors and moving footways. N.I.

16.  Plant providing air under pressure. N.I.

[F5 17.   Standards and performance of heating, mechanical ventilation and air conditioning.] N.I.

F5 Sch. 1 paras. 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 17 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(c), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

[F6 17A   Standards of artificial lighting and provision of power outlets.] N.I.

F6 Sch. 1 paras. 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 17 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(c), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

[F7 17B   Measures relating to the security of buildings.] N.I.

F7 Sch. 1 paras. 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 17 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(c), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

[F8 17C   Measures to prevent pollution and nuisance.] N.I.

F8 Sch. 1 paras. 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 17 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(c), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

[F9 17D   Measures affecting the use of fuel or power (including the amount of fuel or power to be derived from a particular source or sources).] N.I.

F9 Sch. 1 paras. 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 17 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(c), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

[F10 17E   Measures affecting the sustainable use of water (including equipment for monitoring and measuring supplies of water).] N.I.

F10 Sch. 1 paras. 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E substituted (31.8.2009) for Sch. 1 para. 17 by Building Regulations (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 4), ss. 1(2)(c), 15(4); S.R. 2009/272, art. 2(a)

18.  Open space about buildings and the natural lighting and ventilation of buildings. N.I.

19.  Accommodation for specific purposes in or in connection with buildings, and the dimensions of rooms and other spaces within buildings. N.I.

20.  Means of access to and egress from buildings and parts of buildings. N.I.

21.  Prevention of danger and obstruction to persons in and about buildings (including passers-by). N.I.

22.  Matters connected with or ancillary to any of the matters mentioned in the preceding provisions of this Schedule. N.I.

Article 24(1).

SCHEDULE 2 N.I. SAVING FOR BUILDING BYE-LAWS

1.  In this Order— N.I.

• “building bye-laws” includes—

  (a)

  bye-laws made by any sanitary authority under section 41 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 [1878 c.52] with respect to …F11 new streets;

  (b)

  any enactments in section 109 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 [1847 c.34] , section 43 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854 [1854 c.103] , or in any local Acts dealing with construction of new buildings, including the drainage thereof, and the laying out and construction and drainage of new streets, and any bye-laws made with respect to such matters under any such local Act;

• “local authority” means the council of a borough, county borough or of an urban or rural district.

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2.  Any building bye-law in force immediately before 1st October 1973 shall only have effect in relation to— N.I.

(a) plans which, in accordance with building bye-laws, were deposited with a local authority before 1st October 1973; and

(b) work carried out in accordance with plans deposited before 1st October 1973, with or without departure or deviations from those plans; and

(c) work carried out and completed before 1st October 1973.

3.—(1) Subject to this paragraph, a district council may, on an application made after 1st October 1973 by any person (other than the district council), give a direction, with the consent of the Department, dispensing with or relaxing any requirement of building bye-laws. N.I.

(2) The Department may on an application made after 1st October 1973 by a district council give such a direction as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) in favour of the district council.

(3) Articles 15 and 16 shall apply in relation to any application or direction under this paragraph as if references to building regulations included references to building bye-laws, and as if an application or direction under this paragraph were an application or direction under Article 15.

(4) The amendments made by [F12 paragraph (4)] of Article 24 shall not apply so as to affect any reference in the enactments amended to building bye-laws as in force before 1st October 1973 or as continued in force by the provisions contained in this Schedule.

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Schedule 3—Repeals