{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application to domestic clients",
  "text": "(1) Where the client is a domestic client the duties in regulations 4(1) to (7) and 6 shall be carried out by—\n(a) the contractor for a project where there is only one contractor;\n(b) the principal contractor for a project where there is more than one contractor; or\n(c) the principal designer where there is written agreement that the principal designer will fulfil those duties.\n(2) If a domestic client fails to make appointments required by regulation 5—\n(a) the designer in control of the pre-construction phase of the project is the principal designer;\n(b) the contractor in control of the construction phase of the project is the principal contractor.\n(3) Regulation 5(3) and (4) does not apply to a domestic client.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/146/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:19.957693+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."
}