Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Amendment to Regulation 2 (Interpretation and application)

4.—(1) Regulation 2(1) of the 1997 Regulations is amended as follows—

(a) in the definition “BUILDING NOTICE” for “regulation A10” substitute “regulation 9”;

(b) in the definition “MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE” for “regulation A9(1)” substitute “regulation 8(1)”;

(c) in the definition “THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS” for “1994” substitute “2012”(1);

(d) after the definition “THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS” insert—

““PROCESSING COUNCIL” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the principal regulations;”;

(e) after the definition “REGULARISATION FEE” delete “and”; and

(f) after the definition “SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDING” for “.” substitute “; and

“TYPE APPROVAL FEE” has the meaning given by regulation 4(e).”.

(2) For regulation 2(3) substitute—

“(3) These regulations shall not apply in relation to a building—

(a) specified in Part B of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(2) (Classes of wholly exempted buildings) as in operation before 15th January 1996;

(b) specified in Schedule 1 (Classes of exempted buildings) to the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 as in operation on or after 15th January 1996;

(c) specified in Schedule 1 (Classes of exempted buildings) to the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(3) as in operation on or after 1st April 2001; or

(d) specified in Schedule 2 (Classes of exempted buildings) to the principal regulations as in operation on or after 31st October 2012.”.

(1)

S.R. 2012 No. 192 as amended by S.R. 2012 No. 375

(2)

S.R. 1994 No. 243, as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 473, S.R. 1997 No. 481 and S.R. 1998 No. 453

(3)

S.R. 2000 No. 389 as amended by S.R. 2006 Nos. 355 and 425