{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-J2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-J2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/389",
  "legislation_title": "Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/J2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "J2",
  "heading": "Solid waste storage",
  "text": "(1) A building shall be provided with adequate space for the storage of waste in a container, and such space shall be—\n(a) sited so as not to be prejudicial to the health of any person;\n(b) sited so as to be reasonably accessible for use by people in the building in the storage of waste and for emptying or removing the container; and\n(c) of sufficient capacity having regard to the quantity of waste and the frequency and method of removal.\n(2) Every dwelling—\n(a) on or below the fourth storey of a building, shall have space for an individual waste container or access to a communal waste container or a waste chute system; and\n(b) above the fourth storey of a building, shall have access to a waste chute system.",
  "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/J2",
    "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."
}