Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 1

The objectives of these Regulations are—

        (a)     to remake with amendments the regulations which control the design, construction and use of buildings and places of public entertainment; and

        (b)     to prescribe standards for the construction and demolition of buildings; and

        (c)     to prescribe standards of safety for places of public entertainment; and

        (d)     to regulate matters relating to the use and maintenance of buildings and places of public entertainment; and

Reg. 1(e) substituted by S.R. No. 132/2023 reg. 4.

        (e)     to prescribe requirements for the design, siting and access requirements for single dwellings and associated buildings and for small second dwellings; and

        (f)     to prescribe standards and matters relating to the maintenance of fire safety and safety measures; and

Reg. 1(g) substituted by S.R. No. 116/2019 reg. 5.

        (g)     to prescribe requirements for swimming pools and spas including—

              (i)     swimming pool and spa safety; and

              (ii)     registration of swimming pools and spas; and

              (iii)     inspection of swimming pools and spas; and

              (iv)     prescribing maximum fees relating to the registration of, lodgement of documents and information searches relating to, swimming pools and spas; and

        (h)     to provide for matters relating to the accreditation of building products, construction methods, designs, components and systems connected with building work; and

              (i)     to prescribe qualifications and provide for other matters relating to registration of building practitioners; and

        (j)     to prescribe fees in relation to matters before the Building Appeals Board, the Authority and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee; and

        (k)     to provide for other matters for the purposes of the Building Act 1993 .