{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/192",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Building Regulations\nMade 15th May 2012\nComing into operation 31st October 2012\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3, 5(1), (2) and (3), 5A(1), 8, 9, 12, 15, 16(1) and (2), 17(1), (2), (2A) and (5), 18(5), 18B, 18C(1) and 19 of, and paragraphs 1 to 7, 9 to 13 and 17 to 22 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 , and now vested in it , and after consultation with the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to be representative of the interests concerned makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/1709 (N.I. 16) as amended by S.I. 1990/1510 (N.I. 14), Article 38(1) and Schedule 1, Part II and 2009 c.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6 and Schedule 4, Part II"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/1709 (N.I. 16) Article 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (25.2.2014) by The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/44), regs. 1, 3(1) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/192/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}