
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2010.
2 
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.
3 

(1) The principal Regulations shall continue to apply to—
(a) plans deposited or a building notice given in accordance with the principal Regulations before the commencement of these Regulations;
(b) building work carried out in accordance with such plans or such building notice with or without any departure or deviation from those plans or that building notice; and
(c) building work completed before the commencement of these Regulations,
as if the amendments effected by these Regulations had not been made.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) “building notice” means a notice given under regulation A10 (Giving of notices and deposit of plans) of the principal Regulations; and
(b) “building work” has the same meaning as in the principal Regulations.
4 
The principal Regulations shall be amended as provided in regulations 5 to 9.
5 
For Regulation D2 there shall be substituted―“
D2 
A building shall be designed and constructed so that in the event of damage occurring to any part of the building, the extent of any resulting collapse will not be disproportionate to the cause of the damage.”.
6 
For Part J (Solid waste in buildings) there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 1.
7 
In paragraph 3 of Rule F: Additional requirements—for “DOE(NI) Technical Booklet D: 1994” there shall be substituted “DFP Technical Booklet D: 2009”.
8 
For the Table in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 2.
9 

(1) For Table D in Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 3.
(2) For Table J in Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 4.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 4th January 2010.
Philip Irwin
A senior officer of the
Department

SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 6
PART J
J1 
In this Part—
 INDIVIDUAL WASTE CONTAINERS means moveable containers for the storage of waste from a single dwelling;
 COMMUNAL WASTE CONTAINERS means moveable containers for the storage of waste from more than one dwelling;
 WASTE means solid waste; and
 WASTE CHUTE SYSTEM means a system comprising of a hopper or hoppers; a waste chute or chutes; a waste container chamber or waste container chambers and associated ventilation provisions.
J2 

(1) A building shall be provided with adequate space for the storage of waste in containers, and such space shall be—
(a) sited so as not to be prejudicial to the health of any person;
(b) sited so as to be reasonably accessible for use by people in the building for the storage of waste and for emptying or removing each container;
(c) of sufficient area having regard to the number of necessary containers and the frequency and method of removal; and
(d) reasonably accessible to the waste collection point.
(2) Every dwelling—
(a) on or below the fourth storey of a building shall have adequate space for individual waste containers or access to communal waste containers or a waste chute system; and
(b) above the fourth storey of a building shall have access to a waste chute system.
J3 
A waste chute system shall—
(a) be of such size, layout and construction as will ensure the hygienic conveyance of waste to a waste container;
(b) be capable of facilitating the segregation of waste;
(c) be constructed of non-combustible materials;
(d) have non-absorbent inner surfaces;
(e) have adequate means of ventilation to the external air; and
(f) be so constructed as to prevent the ignition of any part of the building in the event of any waste within the system catching fire.
J4 

(1) The requirements of regulation J2(1)(b) shall be deemed to be satisfied, in the case of a building specified in column (2) of Table J opposite the reference to that regulation, if—
(a) the waste container space is sited in accordance with the provisions specified opposite thereto in column (3); or
(b) the waste container space is sited in accordance with the relevant provisions of the publications specified opposite thereto in column (3), as amended by the publications specified opposite thereto in column (4).
(2) The requirements of regulation J2(1)(c) shall be deemed to be satisfied, in the case of a building specified in column (2) of Table J opposite the reference to that regulation, if the waste storage area is sized in accordance with the provisions specified opposite thereto in column (3).
(3) The requirements of regulation J3 shall be deemed to be satisfied, in the case of a building specified in column (2) of Table J opposite the reference to that regulation, if the waste chute system used in the building is designed and constructed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the publications specified opposite thereto in column (3), as amended by the publications specified opposite thereto in column (4).
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 8

Regulations(1) Loadings(2) Publications(3) Amendments(4)
D1Stability dead and imposed loading (a) BS 6399: Part 1: 1996; or AMD 13669
(b) BS EN 1991-1-1: 2002 AMD 15507
imposed roof loading (a) BS 6399: Part 3: 1998; or AMD 6033
  AMD 9187
  AMD 9452
  AMD 15509
(b) BS EN 1991-1-3: 2003 
wind loading (a) BS 6399: Part 2: 1997; or AMD 13392
  AMD 14009
(b) BS EN 1991-1-4: 2005 —





SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 9(1)
(Structure)
Regulations(1) Structural work(2) Publications(3) Amendments(4)
D1Stability foundations (general)  BS 8004: 1986 ―
foundations for houses and small buildings (a) BS 8103; Part 1: 1995; or AMD 8980
(b) DFP Technical Booklet D: 2009: Sections 1 and 5 —
reinforced, prestressed or plain concrete (a) BS 8110: Part 1: 1997; AMD 9882
AMD 13468
AMD 16016
AMD 17307
BS 8110: Part 2: 1985; and AMD 5914
AMD 12061
AMD 16017
BS 8110: Part 3: 1985; or AMD 5918
(b) BS EN 1992-1-1: 2004; and —
BS EN 1992-1-2: 2004 —
suspended concrete floors for houses  BS 8103: Part 4: 1995 ―
composite steel and concrete (a) BS 5950: Part 3: Section 3.1: 1990; and AMD 16721
 BS 5950: Part 4: 1994; or —
(b) BS EN 1994-1-1: 2004 —
steel (a) BS 5950: Part 1: 2000; AMD 13199
AMD 17137
BS 5950: Part 2: 2001; and —
BS 5950: Part 5: 1998; or AMD 16502
(b) BS EN 1993-1-1: 2005; AMD 16568
BS EN 1993-1-5: 2006; —
BS EN 1993-1-8: 2005; AMD 16291
AMD 16571
BS EN 1993-1-10: 2005; and AMD 16293
AMD 16569
BS EN 1993-1-3: 2006 —
aluminium (a) BS 8118: Part 1: 1991; and AMD 10485
 BS 8118: Part 2: 1991; or AMD 10486
(b) BS EN 1999-1-1: 2007; and —
 BS EN 1999-1-3: 2007 —
masonry (general) (a) BS 5628: Part 1: 2005 —
 BS 5628: Part 2: 2005; and —
 BS 5628 Part 3: 2005; or —
(b) BS EN 1996-1-1: 2005; AMD 16209
 BS EN 1996-1-2: 2005; and —
 BS EN 1996-3: 2006 —
masonry walls for housing and small single storey buildings (a) BS 8103: Part 2: 2005; or —
(b) DFP Technical Booklet D: 2009: Sections 1, 3 and 4 —
timber (general) (a) BS 5268: Part 2: 2002; and —
BS 5268: Part 3: 2006; or AMD 16541
AMD 16972
(b) BS EN 1995-1-1: 2004; and AMD 16499
BS EN 1995-1-2: 2004 AMD 16498
timber floors and roofs for houses (a) BS 8103: Part 3: 1996; or —
(b) DFP Technical Booklet D: 2009: Sections 1 and 2 —
D2Disproportionate collapse  (a) BS EN 1991-1-7: 2006; or —
(b) DFP Technical Booklet D: 2009: Sections 1 and 6 —
Notes―


SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 9(2)
(Solid waste in buildings)
Regulations(1) Buildings(2) Publications or provisions(3) Amendments(4)
J2(1)(b)Solid waste storage a dwelling not served by a waste chute system the space for the waste containers is at a travel distance of not more than 30 m from the dwelling and sited so that the waste containers can be removed without being taken through the dwelling or any other building, other than a garage, carport or other open covered space ―
a dwelling served by a waste chute system BS 5906: 2005 ―
J2(1)(c)Solid waste storage a dwelling not served by a waste chute system a washable hard-standing base not less than 1.8 m x 1.2 m to accommodate the waste containers and provide reasonable access ―
J3Waste chute systems any building BS 1703: 2005; andBS 5906: 2005 ―—