Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 215

    (1)     This regulation applies if an essential safety measure is required to be provided or altered in a building or place of public entertainment by—

        (a)     a building permit that does not require an occupancy permit; or

        (b)     an emergency order or a building order under Part 8 of the Act.

    (2)     The relevant building surveyor must determine and specify in the determination the following—

        (a)     the essential safety measure that is the subject of the determination;

        (b)     the level of performance that the essential safety measure must achieve to fulfil its purpose;

        (c)     the frequency and type of inspection, testing and maintenance required for the essential safety measure.

    (3)     A determination under subregulation (2) must—

        (a)     be in writing in the form approved by the Authority; and

        (b)     be given to the owner of the building or place of public entertainment—

              (i)     with the certificate of final inspection, if the essential safety measure is required under a building permit; or

              (ii)     without delay after it is made, if the essential safety measure is required under an emergency order or a building order under Part 8 of the Act; and

        (c)     be given to the relevant council with a report under section 120(2)(a) of the Act, if the essential safety measure is required under an emergency order or a building order under Part 8 of the Act.