# The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, Regulation 6: Amendment of Part E (Fire safety) Extent: N.I. (1) For regulation 32 substitute— “Application and interpretation 32. (1) Regulations 33 and 35(3) shall not apply to a prison within the meaning of the Prisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 or any other place of lawful detention. (2) Regulation 37B applies when a building is— (a) erected; (b) formed by a material change of use; or (c) altered and/or extended, only where regulation 37B has been applied to the building. (3) In this Part— “Above ground level” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 23(4)(b) in Part B; “Dwelling” means a self-contained unit of residential accommodation occupied (whether or not as a sole or main residence)— (a) by a single person or by people living together as a family; or (b) by not more than 6 people living together as a single household, including a household where care is provided for residents; “Dwellinghouse” means a dwelling on one or more storeys which is detached or forms part of a building from all other parts of which it is divided only vertically and does not include a flat; “Fire safety duties” has the meaning given by Article 52 of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 or duties associated with the fire safety measures in a building containing one or more flats; “Fire safety information” means as-built information relating to the design and construction of a building or extension, and the services, fittings and equipment provided in or in connection with a building or extension which will assist the person with fire safety duties to operate and maintain the building or extension with reasonable safety; “Flat” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 in Part A; “Internal linings” means the materials lining any partition, wall, ceiling or other internal structure; “Means of escape” means structural means whereby, in the event of a fire, a safe route or routes is or are provided for people to travel from any point in a building to a place of safety; “Place of safety” means a place, outside the building, in which people are in no danger from fire within the building; “Purpose built student accommodation” means housing built specifically for students to live in; “Relevant premises” has the meaning given by Article 50 of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; and “Residential care premises” includes residential care homes, nursing homes, children’s homes and residential family centres, each having the same meaning as in the Health & Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement & Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.”. (2) After regulation 37, insert— “Fire safety information 37A. Where a building is a relevant premises or contains one or more flats, the person carrying out the work shall— (a) provide adequate fire safety information to the person with fire safety duties in a building not later than the date of completion of the work, or the date of occupation of the building or extension, whichever is the earlier; and (b) not later than 5 days after the date provided for in subparagraph (a), give a notice in writing to the district council stating that the requirements of subparagraph (a) have been met. Automatic fire suppression systems 37B. (1) A building shall be designed and constructed with a suitable automatic fire suppression system. (2) This regulation applies only to — (a) a building, containing one or more flats, with a storey more than 11m above ground level; (b) a building, containing purpose built student accommodation, with a storey more than 11m above ground level; and (c) a residential care premises.”. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/191/regulation/6 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-6 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.