Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 214

In this Division—

"essential safety measure "means—

        (a)     a safety measure specified in column 2 of the table in each Part of Schedule 8 that is required by or under the Act or these Regulations to be provided in relation to a building or place of public entertainment; or

        (b)     any other item that is required by or under the Act or these Regulations to be provided in relation to a building or place of public entertainment for the safety of persons in the event of fire and that is designated by the relevant building surveyor as an essential safety measure; or

        (c)     any other item that is an essential safety measure within the meaning of regulation 1202 of the Building Interim Regulations 2017 as in force immediately before its revocation; or

        (d)     any other measure (including an item of equipment, form of construction or safety strategy) required for the safety of persons using a building or place of public entertainment required to be provided in relation to that building or place by or under the Act, or any previous corresponding Act, before 1 July 1994;

"maintenance determination" means—

        (a)     a determination made by a relevant building surveyor under  regulation 215; or

        (b)     a maintenance determination within the meaning of regulation 1202 of the Building Interim Regulations 2017 as in force immediately before its revocation;

"maintenance schedule" means—

        (a)     a maintenance schedule prepared by the municipal building surveyor or a private building surveyor that complies with regulation 222; or

        (b)     a maintenance schedule within the meaning of regulation 1202 of the Building Interim Regulations 2017 as in force immediately before its revocation.

Subdivision 2—Maintenance determinations