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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 48A

48A .         Maintenance of buildings

        (1)         In this regulation —

        relevant building standards , in relation to a part of a building, means —

            (a)         if one or more building permits have been granted in respect of the part — the building standards in the edition of the Building Code identified in the applicable certificate of design compliance for the most recent of those building permits; or

            (b)         if paragraph (a) does not apply but one or more building licences were issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 in respect of that part —

                  (i)         the building standards in the edition of the Building Code that applied at the time the most recent building licence was issued; or

                  (ii)         if no edition of the Building Code applied at the time the most recent building licence was issued — each requirement in relation to the technical aspects of the construction of the part applicable at that time;

                or

            (c)         otherwise — each requirement in relation to the technical aspects of the construction of the part applicable to the part at the time of its construction;

        safety measures means measures relating to the following —

            (a)         building fire integrity;

            (b)         means of egress;

            (c)         signs;

            (d)         lighting;

            (e)         fire fighting services and equipment;

            (f)         air handing systems;

            (g)         automatic fire detection and alarm;

            (h)         occupant warning systems;

                  (i)         lifts;

            (j)         standby power supply systems;

            (k)         building clearance and fire appliances;

            (l)         glazed assemblies, balconies, balustrades, refrigerated chambers, strong rooms, vaults;

            (m)         bushfire protection measures;

            (n)         building use and application.

        (2)         The owner of an existing building that is a Class 2 to Class 9 building must ensure that —

            (a)         the safety measures in each part of the building are capable of performing to a standard set out in the relevant building standards for the part; and

            (b)         the mechanical ventilation, hot water, warm water and cooling water systems are adequately maintained to safeguard people from illness or injury; and

            (c)         the building’s services in each part of the building continue to perform to a standard of energy efficiency that is equal to or greater than the standard in the relevant building standards for the part.

        Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

        [Regulation 48A inserted: Gazette 24 Apr 2014 p. 1138‑9; amended: Gazette 30 Jun 2015 p. 2328‑9.]



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