{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-85.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/85",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Provision of sanitary appliances",
  "text": "(1) A dwelling shall have at least one water closet, one washbasin and one fixed bath or shower.\n(2) A washbasin shall be provided, in the case of—\n(a) a dwelling, either in the same room as a water closet or in an adjoining room; and\n(b) any other building, either in the same room as a water closet or in an adjoining room which provides the sole means of access to the room containing the water closet:\nprovided that where the washbasin is located in the adjoining room, that room is not used for the preparation of food.\n(3) A water closet fitted with a macerator shall not be provided in any building unless the building has another water closet, accessible to all occupants, which discharges directly to sanitary pipework or underground foul drainage.",
  "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/85",
    "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."
}