Regulation 4 Amendment of Part A (Interpretation and general) of the principal RegulationsF1

After regulation A10 (Giving of notices and deposit of plans) there shall be inserted—

“Deposit of plans for the erection of two or more buildings that are or contain dwellings

A10A.

(1)

This regulation shall apply only to plans deposited with a district council for the erection of buildings that are or contain dwellings, where work has not commenced on each building within three years of the date on which the plans were deposited.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation, where—

(a)

plans have been deposited in accordance with regulation A10; and

(b)

those plans are for the erection of two or more buildings that are or contain dwellings;

then if declaring the plans to be of no effect under Article 19 of the principal Order, a district council shall consider each building on the deposited plans as if a separate deposit of plans had been made for each building.

(3)

In this regulation—

(a)

“commenced” shall mean the commencement of construction of the building after completion of the foundations; and

(b)

“principal Order” shall mean the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.”.

In Regulation A11 (Notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work)—

For Regulation A13(2)(b)(ii) there shall be substituted—

“(ii)

been notified (in accordance with paragraph 5 of Rule A of Part A of Schedule 2) that the building work is in relation to a building that is or will become a relevant premises for the purposes of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006^f1 and has been requested to do so in respect of that notification.”.