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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electrical-safety-standards-for-private-tenancies-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-2",
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  "legislation_title": "The Electrical Safety Standards for Private Tenancies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these regulations—\n“authorised person” means a person authorised in writing by the council for the purpose of taking remedial action under regulations 6 and 11;\n“council” in relation to a dwelling-house, means the district council in whose district the dwelling-house is situated;\n“electrical installation” means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer’s side of the electricity supply meter;\n“electrical safety standards” means the standards for electrical installations in the eighteenth edition of the Wiring Regulations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2018;\n“existing private tenancy” means a private tenancy which was granted before the 1st April 2025;\n“new private tenancy” means a private tenancy which is granted on or after the 1st April 2025;\n“qualified person” means a person competent to undertake the inspection and testing required by regulation 3(1) and any further investigative or remedial work in accordance with electrical safety standards;\n“remedial notice” means a notice served under regulation 4(1) of these regulations;\n“report” means a report or a certificate which gives the results of the inspection and test required by regulations 3;\n“urgent remedial action” means such action identified in a report under regulation 3(3)(a) as is immediately necessary in order to remove the danger present and risk of injury.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "ISBN-13: 978-1-78561-170-4. Copies can be obtained from the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Michael Faraday House, Six Hill Way, Stevenage SG1 2AY."
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  "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."
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