BUILDING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (2000 NO 54) 

- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Commencement  
2. Regulations amended  
3. Substitution  

BUILDING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (2000 NO 54)
- REG 1
Commencement
     These regulations commence on the day they are notified in the
Gazette.

BUILDING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (2000 NO 54)
- REG 2
Regulations amended
     These regulations amend the Building Regulations.

BUILDING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (2000 NO 54)
- REG 3
Substitution
     Regulation 1 is repealed and the following regulation
substituted:
"1      Name of regulations 
     These regulations are the Building Regulations
1972.".
4      Insertion
     The following regulation is inserted at the end:
"22      Exemptions for photovoltaic panels, solar water heaters and airconditioners 
"(1)      Parts 3 and 5A of the Act do not apply to building work
for the installation, alteration or removal of--
         (a)     an externally mounted photovoltaic panel or solar water heater for a
class 1 or class 10a building, if the building work--
               (i)     does not involve any alteration that would affect the structural
sufficiency or stability of the building; and
               (ii)     complies with the building code; or
         (b)     an externally mounted airconditioning unit for a class 1 or class 10a
building, if--
               (i)     the building work does not involve any alteration that would affect
the structural sufficiency or stability of the building; and
               (ii)     the building work complies with the building code; and
               (iii)     the unit is not the main source of ventilation--
     (A)     if the unit is installed for a particular room--for that room;
or
     (B)     if the unit is installed for a building--for that
building.
Note      The building code includes standards for load bearing
and waterproofing.
"(2)      In this regulation:
"solar water heater", for a building, means a solar water panel
designed to be mounted externally, together with any hot water tank that holds
water heated by the panel.".

     
1     Republished as in force on 31 July 1999 (Republication No 4). 
2     Notified in Gazette 2000 No 51 on 21 December 2000.

(c) Australian Capital Territory
2003

BUILDING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (2000 NO 54)
- NOTES

Australian Capital
Territory

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations
under the Building Act 1972.
    Dated 6 December 2000.
BRENDAN SMYTH
Minister
KATE CARNELL
Minister