SCHEDULE REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF PHYSICAL FEATURES: DESIGN STANDARDS

definition of “relevant design standard”
2 (1) For the purposes of this paragraph,
(a) “Technical Booklet R” means –
(i) the booklet of that title prepared by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland which sets out provisions which, if followed, will satisfy the requirements of Part R of the Building Regulations, first published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in 1994 (ISBN 0 337 08328 2); or
(ii) the booklet of that title prepared by the Department of Finance and Personnel which sets out provisions which, if followed, will satisfy the requirements of Part R of the Building Regulations, first published by The Stationery Office Limited in 2001 (ISBN 0 337 23709 3);
(b) “the Building Regulations” means the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 or the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.
S.R. 1994 No. 243; revoked by S.R. 2000 No. 389
S.R. 2000 No. 389
(2) In the case of a physical feature provided as part of building works to which the Building Regulations applied, for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) any reference to Technical Booklet R is a reference to whichever edition sets out the provisions which were relevant in relation to satisfying the requirements of the Building Regulations which applied to those building works.
(3) In any other case, for the purposes of paragraph 1(1), Technical Booklet R is whichever edition was the last edition published at the time when the physical feature was provided in or in connection with the building.
(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), a physical feature is deemed to be provided in or in connection with the building on –
(a) the day upon which the works to install or construct the feature were commenced; or
(b) in the case of a physical feature provided as part of a larger building project, the day upon which the works in relation to that project were commenced.
(5) Where in relation to the physical feature in question any provision of Technical Booklet R refers to a standard or specification (in whole or in part), that standard or specification shall be construed as including any equivalent standard or specification recognised for use in any Member state of the European Community or European Economic Area.