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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-1979-order-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/187",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Regulations (1979 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-1979-order-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following Articles of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 shall come into operation on 15th May 2012—\n(a) Article 8 (Power of district councils to approve types of buildings, etc.) and;\n(b) Article 12 (Power to require or carry out tests for conformity with building regulations).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/187/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:57.498068+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."
}