Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - REG 16O

16O Definitions for part

In this part—

"affected private building" means a private building that has combustible cladding forming part of, or attached or applied to, an external wall or another external part of the building other than the roof.

"approved way" , for giving the QBCC a document, means—

(a) using the online system to give the document to the QBCC; or

(b) if the QBCC commissioner approves another way for giving the document to the QBCC and publishes the way on the QBCC’s website—giving the document to the QBCC in the way approved.

1 A
"building industry professional" is—

(a) a building certifier–level 1; or

(b) a person who holds a licence of 1 or more of the following classes under the QBCC Act —

(i) builder—open;

(ii) building design—open;

(iii) fire safety professional; or

(c) a practising architect under the Architects Act 2002 ; or

(d) a practising professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 registered in 1 or more of the following areas of engineering—

(i) civil engineering;

(ii) fire engineering;

(iii) fire safety;

(iv) structural engineering.

2 Also, for a private building that is no more than 3 storeys and has a total floor area of less than 2,000m 2, a
"building industry professional" includes—

(a) a building certifier–level 2; and

(b) a person who holds a licence of 1 or more of the following classes under the QBCC Act —

(i) builder—medium rise;

(ii) building design—medium rise.

(a) arising from fire or smoke, or falling debris related to a fire, at the building; and

(b) relating to cladding forming part of, or attached or applied to, an external wall or another external part of the building other than the roof.

(a) is made of a material of a kind that is not mentioned in the BCA, clause C1.9(e)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v); or

(b) is deemed to be combustible under AS 1530.1—1994 (Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures, Part 1 : Combustibility test for materials), section 3 . 4(a), (b) or (c).

(a) the checklist is filled out on the online system by the owner; and

(b) the filled-out checklist is—

(i) printed; and

(ii) signed and dated by the owner in the presence of a qualified witness; and

(iii) signed and dated by the qualified witness.

(a) fire engineering;

(b) fire safety.

Note—

The online system can be accessed at www.saferbuildings.qld.gov.au.

(a) that is—

(i) a class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building; and

(ii) of a type A or type B construction; and

(b) for which a building development approval was given, after 1 January 1994 but before 1 October 2018, for building work—

(i) to build the building; or

(ii) to alter the cladding on the building; and

(c) that is owned by—

(i) only 1 or more private entities; or

(ii) 1 or more private entities and 1 or more other entities, if the private entities jointly hold more than 50% interest in the building.

(a) the State, the Commonwealth, or another State; or

(b) an agent, authority, instrumentality or other entity of the State, the Commonwealth, or another State.