Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 55

55 Keeping record of maintenance

(1) The occupier of a building must keep a record of maintenance, in compliance with subsections (2) and (3) , for the maintenance of each prescribed fire safety installation for the building.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The record of maintenance must state each of the following—

(a) a description of the prescribed fire safety installation on which the maintenance was carried out;

(b) if the maintenance was carried out by an appropriately qualified person—the name and licence number of the person who carried out the maintenance;

(c) if the maintenance was not carried out personally by an appropriately qualified person—the name and licence number of the appropriately qualified person under whose personal supervision the maintenance was carried out;

(d) the date the maintenance was carried out (the
"maintenance date" );

(e) a brief description of the maintenance carried out;

(f) that the maintenance was carried out in compliance with QDC, part MP6.1;

(g) the results of the maintenance of the installation, including—

(i) whether or not the person carrying out the maintenance considered the installation was in proper working order; and

(ii) the details of any repair or other corrective action the person considered was required for the installation; and

(iii) the details, including the date, of any repairs made to the installation or any other corrective action taken.

(3) Also, the record of maintenance must include—

(a) a statement, signed by the person who carried out the maintenance, certifying that the matters stated in the record of maintenance under subsection (2) are correct; and

(b) if the occupier has been given a critical defect notice relating to a prescribed fire safety installation mentioned in the record of maintenance—the notice.