Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Amendment of Part A (Interpretation and general)

5.—(1) In paragraph (1) of regulation A2 (Interpretation) after the definition “PUBLIC BUILDING” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “SAP ENERGY RATING in relation to a dwelling means the rating of the overall energy efficiency for that dwelling calculated using The Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for energy rating of dwellings: 1996 edition;”.

(2) For the Table to regulation A9 (Application to material change of use) there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 1.

(3) In paragraph (5) of regulation A11 (Notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work) for the full stop at the end of sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted “; and” and thereafter there shall be added—

“(d) the SAP energy rating for any completed dwelling, whether erected or created by a material change of use, not more than 5 days after completion.”.

(4) In paragraph (6) of regulation A11A (Regularisation certificates) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(b) UNAUTHORISED WORK means any work (within the meaning of regulation A4(1)), any building work or any material change of use notification of which was required by building regulations to be given to a district council but was not so given.”