{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-59.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/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Protection against impact from and trapping by doors",
  "text": "(1) In any building a door or gate which—\n(a) is across a main route of travel; or\n(b) can be pushed open from either side,\nshall have a means to ensure that people approaching it have a clear view of the space on the opposite side.\n(2) In any building a door or gate which slides or opens upwards shall have a means to prevent it from sliding into or falling on any person.\n(3) In any building a powered door or gate shall have a means to prevent it trapping any person and a means to open it in the event of a power failure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/192/regulation/59",
    "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."
}