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STRATA SCHEMES MANAGEMENT REGULATION 2016 - REG 30
Window safety devices
30 Window safety devices
(1) A building in a strata scheme is a building to which section 118 of the
Act applies if the building contains lots used for residential purposes.
(2)
A window within any such building is a window to which section 118 of the Act
applies if-- (a) it is a window within the meaning of the Building Code of
Australia , and
(b) it can be opened, and
(c) the lowest level of the window
opening is less than 1.7 metres above the surface of any internal floor that
abuts the wall of which it forms part, and
(d) that internal floor is 2
metres or more above the ground surface, or any external surface, below the
window that abuts the wall, and
(e) it is a window on common property to
which access can be gained from a residence in a strata scheme or a window on
any part of the building that is part of a residence.
(3) A screen, lock or
any other device is a complying window safety device for the purposes of
section 118 of the Act if it-- (a) is capable of restricting the opening of a
window so that a sphere having a diameter of 125 millimetres or more cannot
pass through the window opening, and
(b) is capable of resisting an outward
horizontal action of 250 newtons, and
(c) has a child resistant release
mechanism, in the case of a device that can be removed, overridden or
unlocked.
(4) In this clause--
"Building Code of Australia" has the same meaning as it has in the
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .
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