{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-K1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-K1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/389",
  "legislation_title": "Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/K1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "K1",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Regulation K2 shall not apply to a building or a space within a building which is used solely for storage or which is otherwise not intended for use by people.\n(2) Regulations K2 and K3 shall not apply to a garage used solely in connection with a single dwelling.\n(3) In this Part—\ndomestic building means a building or part of a building used for residential purposes such as a house, flat, maisonette, student accommodation or residential care premises but does not include an hotel, hostel or similar building where people reside only temporarily; and\nnon-domestic building means a building or part of a building which is not a domestic building.",
  "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/K1",
    "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."
}