{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-84.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/84",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 89 applies when a dwelling is—\n(a) erected; or\n(b) formed by a material change of use.\n(2) In this Part—\n“Domestic hot water” means water that has been heated for ablutionary, culinary and cleansing purposes irrespective of the type of building;\n“Sanitary accommodation” means a room or space which contains a water closet or urinal whether or not it contains other sanitary appliances;\n“Sanitary appliances” includes a water closet or urinal and a bath, shower, washbasin, bidet or other fitting for ablutionary purposes;\n“Sanitary pipework” and “underground foul drainage” have the meanings assigned to them by regulation 78 in Part N; and\n“Urinal” includes one or more slabs, stalls, troughs, bowls and other suitable receptacles.",
  "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/84",
    "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."
}