Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION ACT 1991 - SECT 30CA

30CA Meaning of fire protection work

(1) Work is
"fire protection work" if it is any of the following work for a building or part of a building—

(a) the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment;

(b) the preparation of a certificate, statement or record relating to the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment;

(c) the preparation of a certificate, statement or record stating whether fire protection equipment meets a standard, requirement or specification;

(d) the design of fire protection equipment;

(e) the inspection or investigation of, and the provision of advice or a report about, compliance with the Building Act 1975 or the Building Code of Australia relating to fire safety.

(2) However, the following work is not
"fire protection work" —

(a) the installation, repair or maintenance of a battery-operated smoke alarm in a building that is a class 1a or 2 building under the Building Code of Australia;

(b) work of a type prescribed by regulation not to be fire protection work.

(3) A regulation under subsection (2) (b) may prescribe work that is the installation, restoration, repair, maintenance, certification or inspection, including testing, of fire protection equipment mentioned in schedule 2 , definition fire protection equipment , paragraph (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) only if the work is any of the following—

(a) work of a value of no more than $1,100 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed;

(b) work on a class 1a building of a value of no more than $11,000 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed, if the work is authorised under a fire protection occupational licence held by the owner;

(c) certification work performed by a building certifier under the Building Act 1975 in the certifier’s professional practice;

(d) work performed by a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 in performing a professional engineering service under that Act;

(e) electrical work under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 relating to a fire or smoke detection system, heat or smoke alarm or another alarm system or emergency warning and communication system;

(f) work performed by a local government or the State.