Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 16

16 Limits on the number of persons in a building

(1) The occupier of a building must ensure that the number of persons in the building at any 1 time is not more than the maximum number that may be accommodated under—

(a) for a budget accommodation building to which the Building Act 1975 , chapter 7 , part 3 applies—the Queensland Development Code, MP 2.1, performance criteria P3 and acceptable solution A3; or

(b) for a building used for conducting a residential service—the Queensland Development Code, MP 5.7, items P3, A3, P4 and A4; or

(c) otherwise—the Building Code of Australia, part D1.13.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2) Also, the occupier of a building must ensure that the number of persons in the building at any 1 time is not more than the maximum number that allows compliance with the Building Code of Australia, part D1.6.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.