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Update of Building Regulations 1997

Notice of the Building Regulations (Part B Amendment) Regulations 2024 on 29 March 2024 was published in “”Iris Oifigiúil”” No. 26 of 29 March 2024 , on page 413. These Regulations amend articles 5 and articles 13, Part B of the second schedule of the Building Regulations 1997. The Building Regulations (Part B Amendment) Regulations 2024 updates the interpretations list in article 5 to add the definitions for care facility building, industrial building – high hazard, industrial building – normal hazard, storage building – high hazard, storage building – normal hazard. The Regulations also amend the definition for ‘place of assembly’ and removes ‘institutional building’. Article 13 sub-article 2 of the Building Regulations 1997 list of building uses is amended where a material change of use is deemed to take place. In Schedule 2 Part B the 2024 regulations have updated the fire safety requirements for non-dwelling houses. The Building Regulations (Part B Amendment) Regulations 2024 shall come into operation on 1 May 2025. |