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BUILDING AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (NO. 2) 2017 (S.R. 2017, NO. 104) - REG 20

Schedule 6 amended (Savings and transitional provisions)
Clause 3 of Schedule 6 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subclause (3) and substituting the following subclause:
(3) For the purposes of the provisions of the Building Regulations 2014 that remain in force by virtue of subclause (2)  –
building work in a bushfire-prone area means –
(a) the erection, re-erection or construction of a new building; and
(b) an addition to, or alteration of, an existing building; and
(c) a change in the class of a building from a non-residential class of building to a residential class –
but does not include the following:
(d) any work where the BAL has been assessed as BAL-Low unless the building use is a vulnerable use;
(e) demolition or removal of a building, or part of a building, unless that work would expose a habitable building to a higher bushfire attack level from embers or radiant heat;
(f) erection of a non-habitable building (Class 10a) that is separated from a habitable building by 6 metres or more;
(g) erection of a structure (Class 10b);
(h) internal building work;
(i) a change of use of a building unless –
(i) the change of use is for a building that is classed as a vulnerable use; or
(ii) the new use is classed as a hazardous use that requires planning approval, as hazardous chemicals or explosives will be stored on the site;
(j) a change in the class of a building that requires a building permit for new work (but not for a vulnerable use, or a hazardous use that requires planning approval).

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 27 December 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Building Regulations 2016 by –
(a) imposing additional requirements in respect of building materials and products that are considered high risk; and
(b) specifying –
(i) notification requirements for completion of specified low-risk building work; and
(ii) reporting requirements for certain notifiable work; and
(c) imposing fees payable in respect of the accreditation of products under the Building Act 2016 ; and
(d) making other minor miscellaneous amendments.


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