The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
These Regulations amend the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (as amended) (the principal Regulations) and they come into operation on 28th November 2016. The regulations transpose Article 8 and provide definitions from Article 2 of Directive 2014/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks. These regulations also clarify Articles 3, 4 and 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (recast).