{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-A16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-A16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/389",
  "legislation_title": "Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/A16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "A16",
  "heading": "Exercise of power of dispensation or relaxation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the power under Article 15(1) of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 to dispense with or relax any requirement of building regulations shall, in accordance with Article 15(2) of the said Order, be exercisable by the district council in relation to any requirement of these regulations other than those in—\nPart A (Interpretation and general)\nPart D (Structure).\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any application made by a district council.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/389",
      "affecting_title": "Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/389/regulation/A16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:38.985369+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."
}