Victorian Numbered Regulations

BUILDING (INTERIM) REGULATIONS 2005 (SR NO 51 OF 2005) - REG 710

    (1)     This regulation applies to a Class 3 building that is a shared accommodation building constructed or for which a building approval or building permit was granted before 1 July 2003.    

    Note:     The term "shared accommodation building" is defined in clause Vic A1.1 of the Victorian Appendix to Volume One of the BCA.

    (2)     A fire sprinkler system that complies with one or more of the following systems, as appropriate, must be installed in a building to which this regulation applies—

        (a)     AS 2118.1—1999 Automatic fire sprinkler systems—Part 1: General requirements, published 5 December 1999, as published from time to time; or

        (b)     AS 2118.4—1995 Automatic fire sprinkler systems—Residential, published 5 April 1995, as published from time to time.

    (3)     This regulation must be complied with by the earlier of the following—

        (a)     14 June 2008; or

        (b)     if a contract for the sale of the building is entered into on or after 14 June 2005, the date that is 6 months after—

              (i)     in the case of a contract other than a terms contract (as defined in section 2 of the Sale of Land Act 1962 ), the date of completion of the contract; and

              (ii)     in the case of a terms contract, the date that the purchaser becomes entitled to possession or to the receipt of rents and profits under the contract.

    (4)     This regulation must be complied with by the owner of the building.

    (5)     A person who fails to comply with this regulation is guilty of an offence and is liable to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.

    (6)     This regulation does not apply to—

        (a)     a building that has a rise in storeys of not more than 2 and where each sole-occupancy unit has—

              (i)     access to at least 2 exits and the distance of travel from the entrance doorway of each sole-occupancy unit to the nearest exit is not more than 7·5m; or

              (ii)     its own direct access to a road or open space; or

        (b)     a building required to comply with regulation 708; or

        (c)     a building that has an approved sprinkler system installed throughout the building.

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