BUILDING REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 33 OF 1992) 

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1. Commencement  
2.   After regulation 2 of the Building Regulations the following regulation is inserted:  

BUILDING REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 33 OF 1992)
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Commencement

1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which section 4 of the Building (Amendment) Act 1992 commences.
 Insertion

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2.  After regulation 2 of the Building Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
 Prescribed buildings
"3.  (1)  For the purposes of section 6AA of the Act, each of the
following buildings is a prescribed building:
         (a)     a fence or wall that--
               (i)     does not exceed 1.8 metres in height; and
               (ii)     does not form an integral part of an enclosure for a swimming
pool;
         (b)     a retaining wall the top of which does not exceed 1.2 metres above the
lower ground level;
         (c)     a carport or, subject to subregulation (2), a pergola--
               (i)     the plan area of which does not exceed 25 square metres;
               (ii)     the height of which does not exceed 3 metres;
               (iii)     the distance between any 2 adjacent supports of which does not
exceed 4 metres; and 
               (iv)     where it is attached to an approved building--that does not
project above the line of any adjacent guttering on that building;
         (d)     a shed, gazebo, greenhouse or similar structure the roof area of which
does not exceed 10 square metres;
         (e)     an external timber deck the height of the floor level of which does
not exceed 1 metre above ground level;
         (f)     an antenna or aerial not exceeding 5 metres in height;
         (g)     a swimming pool the capacity of which does not exceed 10 cubic metres
and designed to be assembled and installed above ground level;
         (h)     an internal alteration to an approved building the effect of
which does not alter the classification of the building;
         (j)     an outdoor ornamental pond the depth of which does not exceed 300
millimetres;
         (k)     a barbeque, letterbox, or other structure, having a plan area not
exceeding 2 square metres and which is not more than 1.8 metres high;
         (m)     a water tank--
               (i)     having a capacity not exceeding 17 kilolitres;
               (ii)     the top of which is not more than 2.4 metres above ground level;
and
               (iii)     that is not connected to the water supply of the Electricity and
Water Authority.
"(2)  Subparagraph (1) (c) (i) applies to a roofed pergola.
"(3)  Subregulation (1) does not apply if--
         (a)     the building work in respect of the prescribed building
affects--
               (i)     the structural sufficiency, soundness or stability of part of any
approved building;
               (ii)     a fire rated wall, ceiling or floor;
               (iii)     any ventilation or air-handling system, fire protection system or
other mechanical service; or
               (iv)     any fire escape, emergency lift, stairway, exit or passageway to an
exit; or
         (b)     the building proposed to be built adversely affects the provision of
natural light or ventilation to any approved building.".
     

BUILDING REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 33 OF 1992)
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NOTE

1.    Reprinted as at 30 September 1991.

2.    Notified in the ACT Gazette on 11 December 1992.

(c)  Australian Capital Territory
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BUILDING REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 33 OF 1992)
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations
under the Building Act 1972.
Dated 7 December 1992.
TERRY CONNOLLYMinister
BILL WOODMinister