The Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 28th February 2022

Coming into operation: 1st April 2022

The Department of Finance[^f00001], in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(1), 5(1) and 13(2)(e) of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979[^f00002] and now vested in it[^f00003], and after consultation with the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to the Department to be representative of the interests concerned[^f00004] makes the following regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These regulations may be cited as the Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2022.

Amendment to the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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The Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997[^f00005] shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.

Amendment to Regulation 5 (Amount of fees)

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Regulation 5 is amended as follows—

• (a) in regulation 5(c) for “.” substitute “;” and

• (b) after regulation 5(c) insert—

(d) the fee set out in column (2) of Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Schedule 1 and Table 1 in Schedule 2 shall take effect beginning with 1st April 2022 and cease to have effect on 31st March 2023; and (e) the fee set out in column (3) of Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Schedule 1 and Table 2 in Schedule 2 shall take effect beginning with 1st April 2023.

Amendment to Regulation 15 (Transitional provisions)

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Regulation 15 is amended as follows—

• (a) in regulation 15(1) for “8th April 2013” substitute “1st April 2022”; and

• (b) in regulation 15(2)—

• (i) for “8th April 2013” substitute “1st April 2022”; and

• (ii) for “these regulations” substitute “the Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 (Fees for one or more small domestic buildings)

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In Schedule 1 (Fees for one or more small domestic buildings)—

• (a) for Table 1, substitute Table 1 as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

• (b) for Table 2, substitute Table 2 as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

• (c) for Table 3, substitute Table 3 as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 2 (Fees for certain small buildings, extensions and alterations)

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In Schedule 2 (Fees for certain small buildings, extensions and alterations) for the Table substitute the Tables set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1 — Fees for one or more small domestic buildings

SCHEDULE 2 — Fees for certain small buildings, extensions and alterations

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 28th February 2022

Desmond C McDonnell — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (as amended) (the principal Regulations) and they come into operation on 1st April 2022.

These Regulations amend the principal Regulations as follows—

The fee payable to a district council when an application for building regulations approval is made to erect one or more small domestic buildings (Schedule 1) is increased by 35% in two increments. The first increment increases fee by 17.5% from 1st April 2022 with the second increment coming into force from 1st April 2023.

The fee payable to a district council when an application for building regulations approval is made to extend or alter a small building (Schedule 2) is increased by 35% in two increments. The first increment increases fee by 17.5% from 1st April 2022 with the second increment coming into force from 1st April 2023.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been carried out in respect of the amendment to the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997. Copies may be downloaded from “www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/building-regulations-and-energy-efficiency-buildings” or alternatively, hard copies may be requested from Building Standards Branch, Department of Finance, 6th Floor, Goodwood House, 44-58 May Street, Belfast, BT1 4NN.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 c. 5 (N I)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1979/1709 (N.I.16) Article 5(1) as amended by S.I. 1990/1510 (N.I.14), Article 38(1) and Schedule 1, Part II and 2009 c.4

[^f00003]: See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6 and Schedule 4, Part II

[^f00004]: S.I. 1979/1709 (N.I.16) Article 5(4)

[^f00005]: S.R. 1997 No. 482