# Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Regulation R1: Application and interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) this Part shall apply to any building or part of a building.
(2) This Part shall not apply to—
(a) any garage or outbuilding associated with a dwelling;
(b) any part of a building which is used solely to enable the building or any service or fitting in the building to be inspected, maintained or repaired; and
(c) the alteration or extension of an existing dwelling to which this Part did not apply when the dwelling was erected other than where the alteration or extension affects a facility suitable for use by disabled people, in the existing building.
(3) The requirements of regulation R4 shall not apply to a dwelling.
(4) In this Part—
disabled people means people who have—
(a) an impairment which limits their ability to walk or which requires them to use a wheelchair for mobility; or
(b) impaired hearing or sight;
dwelling means a house, flat, maisonette and any purpose built student living accommodation which is comprised of self-contained units of accommodation;
entrance storey in a dwelling means the storey which contains the principal entrance for the dwelling;
principal entrance in relation to a dwelling means the entrance a visitor (not familiar with the dwelling) will normally expect to use to enter it;
principal storey in a dwelling means the storey nearest to the entrance storey which contains a habitable room, or if there are two such storeys equally near, either such storey;
sanitary accommodation has the meaning assigned to it by regulation P1; and
sanitary convenience means a water closet and a wash-hand basin.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/389/regulation/R1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-R1
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