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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-streets-construction-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/73",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Streets (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-streets-construction-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese regulations amend the Private Streets (Construction) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (“the principal regulations”).\nThese regulations apply to the construction of streets in respect of which the Department for Regional Development has exercised street planning functions after the coming into operation of the Regulations.\nThe regulations make the following main changes:—\n(a) Regulation 15A and Schedule 8 prescribe standards and detailed requirements for the provision of street lighting in private streets (regulation 3(7) and (19)); and\n(b) Regulation 20 of the principal regulations is amended to extend the specified expenses to include the cost of inspections and to provide for the bearing of such expenses by the person by whom or on whose behalf the plans were deposited (regulation 3(10)).\nConsequential amendments relating to the deposit and approval of plans (regulation 3(8)), notice of commencement and completion of stages of work (regulation 3(9)) and detailed requirements for goods and materials to be used in construction of streets (regulation 3(13)) have been made.\nReferences in the principal regulations to various technical publications have been updated (regulation 3(12)).\n“These Regulations have been notified to the European Commission and the other member states in accordance with Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L204, 21.7.98, p. 37), as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L217, 5.8.98, p. 18).”",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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