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4.—(1) Regulation 3(1) shall not apply where the appeals commission is satisfied that the deemed application relates solely to—
(a)the carrying out of operations for the alteration or extension of an existing dwellinghouse; or
(b)the carrying out of operations (other than the erection of a dwellinghouse) in the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse,
for the purpose, in either case, of providing means of access to or within the dwellinghouse for a disabled person who is resident in, or is proposing to take up residence in, that dwellinghouse, or of providing facilities designed to secure his greater safety, health or comfort.
(2) Regulation 3(1) shall not apply where the appeals commission is satisfied that the deemed application relates solely to the carrying out of operations for the purpose of providing means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or premises to which members of the public are admitted (whether on payment or otherwise).
(3) In this regulation “disabled person” means a person who is within any of the descriptions of persons to whom section 1 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(1) applies.