Building Control Regulations 1997
Exemptions.
22. (1) Subject to sub-article (2), a fee shall not be payable to a building control authority under these Regulations where the authority is of the opinion that the works or the building which are or is the subject of the commencement notice, F44 [ 7 day notice, ] application for a fire safety certificate F45 [ , revised fire safety certificate, regularisation certificate, disability access certificate, revised disability access certificate ] or application for a dispensation or relaxation, as the case may be, are being carried out, or, in the case of a material change of use, is being made, by or on behalf of a voluntary organisation or a body standing approved of for the purposes of section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992).
(2) Subsection (1) applies where a building control authority is of the opinion that—
(a) in the case of a voluntary organisation, the building concerned is—
(i) intended to be used for social, recreational, educational or religious purposes by inhabitants of a locality generally or by people of a particular group or religious denomination and is not to be used mainly for profit or gain,
(ii) intended to be used as a hostel, work-shop or other accommodation for disabled, poor or homeless persons and is not to be used mainly for profit or gain, or
(iii) is ancillary to (i) or (ii),
(b) in the case of a body standing approved of for the purposes of section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992), the building control authority is of the opinion that the building concerned is—
(i) designed or intended to be used for the accommodation of poor or homeless persons or persons who would otherwise be likely to require housing accommodation provided by a housing authority, and is not to be used mainly for profit or gain, or
(ii) is ancillary to (i).
F46 [ (3) A fee shall not be payable to a building control authority under these Regulations where the works or the building which are or is the subject of an application for a disability access certificate or a revised disability access certificate are being carried out, or, in the case of a material change of use, is being made, by or on behalf of a primary school, where the maximum number of mainstream teachers employed is or will be 4 or less. ]
Annotations:
Amendments:
F44
Inserted (1.10.2009) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 351 of 2009), art. 10(1), in effect as per art. 2.
F45
Inserted (1.10.2009) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 351 of 2009), art. 10(2), in effect as per art. 2.
F46
Inserted (1.10.2009) by Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 351 of 2009), art. 11, in effect as per art. 2.
Modifications (not altering text):
C7
Prospective affecting provision: reference in subs. (2)(b) construed by Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (47/2019), s. 68, not commenced as of date of revision.
Construction of certain references in other Acts or instruments made under Acts
68. References in—
(a) any Act of the Oireachtas, other than this Act, passed before the coming into operation of this section,
(b) any instrument made under an Act of the Oireachtas, other than this Act, before the coming into operation of this section, or
(c) any contract, agreement, arrangement or other document entered into by the Minister or a housing authority, as the case may be, before the coming into operation of this section,
to— ...
(iv) to a body approved of or standing approved of, under, or for the purposes of, section 6 of the Act of 1992,
as the case may be (howsoever described), shall, on and after the coming into operation of this section, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to an approved housing body (within the meaning of this Act), save where other provision is made as respects the construction of the references in paragraphs (i) to (iv), as the case may be, by any Act of the Oireachtas (other than this Act) passed before that coming into operation.