Building Regulations in Northern Ireland Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979, as amended. Building regulations may be expressed in terms of performance, material types, methods of construction, and requirements for safety. The Building Regulations Advisory Committee advises the Department on building regulations. Members of the Advisory Committee are appointed by the Department after consultation with […]
The regulations may prescribe prohibition and prescribe circumstances for carrying out prescribed work of a class involving matters of a prescribed description unless plans have been lodged with the District Council as above. They may make provision for enabling cases where a certificate is required, resolution as to whether a certificate ought to be issued […]
District councils are obliged to enforce building regulations. They may prescribe qualifications for authorized officers. Authorized officers have the power to enter premises, undertake tests, and inspect buildings for the purpose of exercising their functions. Generally, three days’ notice is required to enter premises without consent. An application may be made to the justice of […]
There are several exceptions from the requirements of building regulation compliance and control. Agricultural buildings may be exempt from building control if they are not less than one and a half times their height from the nearest public road or the boundary of the land to which they are sited. Buildings intended to be built […]