Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations, 1994.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations, 1994.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1994.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations, "the Principal Regulations" means the Building Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1991 ).
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paragraphs: Article 3 (4) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by—
( a ) the substitution of the following for the definition of "flat"—
' "flat" means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for residential use and forming part of a building from some othe part of which it is divided horizontally;',
( b ) the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of "imposed load"—
' "industrial building" includes a factory or other premises used for manufacturing, altering, repairing, cleaning, washing, breaking-up, adapting or processing any article, generating power or slaughtering livestock;
"institutional building" includes a hospital, nursing home, home for old people or for children, school or other similar establishment used as living accommodation or for the treatment, care or maintenance of persons suffering from illness or mental or physical disability or handicap, where such persons sleep on the premises;',
( c ) the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of "multi-storey building"—
' "office" includes premises used for the purpose of administrative or clerical work (including writing, book keeping, sorting papers, filing, typing, duplicating, machine calculating, drawing and the editorial preparation of matter for publication, handling money (including banking and building society work) or telephone system operation);
"place of assembly" includes—
(i) a theatre, public library, hall or other building of public resort used for social or recreational purposes,
(ii) a non-residential school or other educational establishment,
(iii) a place of public worship,
(iv) a public house, restaurant or similar premises used for the sale to members of the public of food or drink for consumption on the premises,
but no building shall be treated as a place of assembly solely because it is a building to which members of the public are occasionally admitted;',
( d ) the insertion of the following definition after the definition of "proper materials"—
' "repair or renewal" means works of restoration or replacement of a minor nature relating to—
(i) the maintenance of a building in good condition or working order, or
(ii) the return of a building to its original or former state;',
( e ) the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of "sewer"—
' "shop" includes a building used for retail or wholesale trade or business (including retail sales by auction, self-selection and over-the-counter wholesale trading, the business of lending books or periodicals for gain and the business of a barber or hairdresser) and premises to which the public is invited to deliver or to collect goods in connection with their hire, repair or other treatment, or where they themselves may carry out such repairs or other treatments;
"shopping centre" includes a building which comprises a number of individually occupied premises to which common access is provided principally for the benefit of shoppers;', and
( f ) the insertion of the following definition after the definition of "soil water"—