{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-37B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-37B.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/192",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/37B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "37B",
  "heading": "Automatic fire suppression systems",
  "text": "(1) A building shall be designed and constructed with a suitable automatic fire suppression system.\n(2) This regulation applies only to —\n(a) a building, containing one or more flats, with a storey more than 11m above ground level;\n(b) a building, containing purpose built student accommodation, with a storey more than 11m above ground level; and\n(c) a residential care premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 37A, 37B inserted (6.5.2025) by The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/191), regs. 1, 6(2) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/192/regulation/37B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:53.727465+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."
}