Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION ACT 1991 - SECT 67WE

67WE Meaning of residence

(1) Each of the following structures is a
"residence" if the structure is fixed to land and used for residential purposes—

(a) a single detached dwelling;

(b) 1 or more attached dwellings that are separated by a common wall;

Examples—

a row house, terrace house, townhouse or villa unit

(c) a building, of not more than 3 storeys, containing 2 or more separate residential units.

(2) Part of a structure is also a
"residence" if the structure is fixed to land and the part is designed to be used, and is used, for residential purposes.

(3) A manufactured home fixed to land in a residential park (whether or not it is permanently fixed) is also a
"residence" .

(4) For subsection (1) (c) , a regulation may prescribe how to calculate the number of storeys of a building.

(5) Each of the following things is not a
"residence" —

(a) boats, caravans, motor vehicles, tents, trailers, trains and similar things;

(b) a building designed as a temporary building, including, for example, a demountable building.

(6) In this section—

"manufactured home" see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 10 .

"residential park" see the Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 , section 12 .

"storey" means a space within a building which is situated between one floor level and the next floor level, or if there is no floor above, the ceiling or roof above, but is not a mezzanine or space that contains only—

(a) a lift, shaft, stairway or meter room; or

(b) a bathroom, shower room, laundry, water closet or other sanitary compartment; or

(c) accommodation intended for not more than 3 vehicles; or

(d) any combination of a thing mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) .