Chapter:	123B	Title:	Building (Construction) Regulations	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	15	Heading:	Resistance to sliding, uplift and overturning	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Except where otherwise provided in these regulations, a building, street, building works or street works shall be so designed and constructed that-

(a) the resistance to the sliding force acting thereon shall be not less than 1.5 times the sliding force due to any loads;
(b) the resistance to the uplift force acting thereon shall be not less than 1.5 times the uplift force due to any loads; and
(c) the resistance to the overturning moment acting thereon shall be not less than 1.5 times the overturning moment due to wind loads and 2 times the overturning moment due to loads other than wind loads.