Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 166F

    (1)     Despite anything to the contrary in the BCA Volume Two or these Regulations an emergency accommodation building—

        (a)     is required to comply with the following requirements—

Reg. 166F (1)(a)(i) substituted by S.R. No. 102/2023 reg. 17.

              (i)     performance requirements H1P1, H1P2, H2P2, H2P3, H3P1, H3P2, H4P1, H4P3 and H7P3 of the BCA Volume Two;

              (ii)     if the emergency accommodation building forms part of, or is attached to, any other building or buildings, other than an associated Class 10 building, the emergency accommodation building must have elements which will avoid the spread of fire from another building to the emergency accommodation building;

              (iii)     the building must be connected to a reticulated potable water supply or to an alternative potable water supply;

              (iv)     the building must be connected to a reticulated electricity supply or to an alternative energy source;

              (v)     the building must be connected to a reticulated sewerage system or to a septic tank system approved by the relevant council under section 53MB of the Environment Protection Act 1970 ; and

Reg. 166F
(1)(b) substituted by S.R. No. 80/2023 reg. 7.

        (b)     must be the principal place of residence of the occupier.

    (2)     If an emergency accommodation building is not a Class 1a building, the performance requirements set out in subsection (1)(a)(i) apply to the building as if it were a Class 1a building.

Note

Despite regulation 166G, an emergency accommodation building must still comply with any other requirements under the Act or regulations made under the Act including the plumbing laws that apply to the building.

Reg. 166G inserted by S.R. No. 83/2020 reg. 5.