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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2014 (S.R. 2014, NO. 57) - REG 18

Required report from Chief Officer
(1)  If a person makes an application to a building surveyor for a certificate of likely compliance for building work that is required, by the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia, to include any of the fire safety requirements listed in Schedule 2 , or if the application includes any of the fire safety requirements listed in Schedule 2 , the building surveyor is to forward copies of the following documents to the Chief Officer:
(a) a request in an approved form for a report;
(b) any relevant drawings, specifications or other documents submitted with the application.
(2)  The report of the Chief Officer, being the reporting authority under section 63 of the Act, to the building surveyor is to –
(a) be in an approved form; and
(b) state, in relation to the provision or non-provision of the fire safety requirements listed in Schedule 2 , whether or not, in the opinion of the Chief Officer, the building solutions are satisfactory in relation to –
(i) the relevant performance requirements of the Building Code of Australia; or
(ii) the relevant deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia; and
(c) state whether an evacuation plan is required under the General Fire Regulations 2010 ; and
(d) include copies of all additional documents or information sought or obtained by the Chief Officer directly from an owner or agent of the owner.
(3)  A variation to an application to a building surveyor under subregulation (1) , including a variation to an application to include an alternative solution raised by the Chief Officer in his or her report under subregulation (2) , is to be treated as a new report and referred to the Chief Officer in accordance with subregulation (1) .
(4)  A report from the Chief Officer pursuant to an application to a building surveyor under subregulation (1) is not required if the application or variation involves only one or more of the following changes:
(a) hose reels are relocated to a new position that is within 4 metres of an existing exit;
(b) sprinkler heads are relocated, or additional ones added, to suit minor changes in partition or wall layout;
(c) as part of a fire detection and alarm system –
(i) a fire indicator panel is relocated or replaced within a foyer or main entrance to a building; or
(ii) a warning device is relocated or replaced to suit minor changes in partition or wall layout; or
(iii) heat or smoke detectors are relocated, or additional ones provided, to suit minor changes in partition or wall layout;
(d) the operational controls and indicators for a smoke-control air-handling system are relocated within a foyer or main entrance to the building;
(e) the fireman’s lift control is relocated within the lift or lift lobby;
(f) as part of an emergency warning and intercommunication system –
(i) warden intercommunication points are relocated, or additional points added, to suit minor changes to partition or wall layout; or
(ii) a master emergency control panel is relocated or replaced within a foyer or main entrance to the building; or
(iii) sounders are relocated, or additional sounders added, to suit minor changes to partition or wall layout.
(5)  The notification by the building surveyor required by section 63(5) of the Act is to be made within the specified period.



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