{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/412",
  "legislation_title": "The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part A (Interpretation and general)",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2 (Interpretation and general) in the Table to paragraph (7)—\n(a) below the Abbreviation or symbol “%” there shall be inserted “Mbps”; and\n(b) below the Definitions “percent” there shall be inserted “Megabits per second”.\n(2) In regulation 4 (Exemptions)—\n(a) in paragraph (2) for “(3) and (6)” substitute “(3), (6) and (7)”;\n(b) in paragraph (5)(b) for “Parts C to L” substitute “Parts C to M”;\n(c) in paragraph (6) after “43B” insert “, and subject to regulation 77A, comply with the requirements of regulation 77B”; and\n(d) after paragraph (6) insert the following paragraph—\n“(7) Regulation 77B shall apply to buildings controlled under other legislation falling within Class 1 of Schedule 2.”.\n(3) In regulation 5 (Application to erection of buildings) for “Parts A to L” substitute “Parts A to M”.\n(4) In regulation 7 (Application to alterations and extensions) in paragraph (1) for “Parts A to L” substitute “Parts A to M”.\n(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.\n(6) In regulation 11 (Application for a type approval certificate for the erection of a dwelling or dwellings)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(f) delete “and”;\n(b) in paragraph (1)(g) for “.” substitute “; and”; and\n(c) after paragraph (1)(g) insert—\n“(h) matters relating to Part M (Physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications networks).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/412/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:59.586214+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}