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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 7 Building Code of Australia

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 7

Building Code of Australia

7 Building Code of Australia

(cf clause 5A of EP[#38]A Regulation 1994)

(1) For the purposes of the definition of
"Building Code of Australia" in section 1.4 of the Act--
(a1) the document referred to in that definition is--
(i) the document published in October 1996 under the title Building Code of Australia , or
(ii) if the document referred to in subparagraph (i) (or any replacement document under this subparagraph) is replaced by another document published under a title that includes the words "Building Code of Australia" together with a reference to the year 2004 or a later year, that other document, and
(a) all amendments to that Code that are from time to time made by the Australian Building Codes Board are prescribed, and
(b) all variations of that Code that are from time to time approved by the Australian Building Codes Board in relation to New South Wales are prescribed.
(2) Any such amendment or variation comes into effect on the adoption date specified in that regard for New South Wales in the document by which the amendment or variation is published on behalf of the Australian Building Codes Board.
(3) Also, the Code mentioned in subclause (1) is varied in relation to small live music or arts venues as follows--
(a) Volume One of the Code applies as if, in Schedule 3, paragraph (c)(iii) of the definition of Assembly building were omitted and replaced with--
(iii) a sports stadium, sporting or other club--but not including a small live music or arts venue; or
(b) Volume One of the Code applies as if, in Schedule 3, after the definition of Sitework, the following definition were inserted--

"small live music or arts venue" means the whole or part of a Class 6 building that has a rise in storeys of no more than 2--
(a) in which live music or arts are provided to the public, and
(b) that has a floor area of not more than 300 square metres.
(c) Volume One of the Code applies as if, at the end of the definition of Class 6 in clause A6.6 the following were inserted--
A Class 6 building or part of a Class 6 building in which people assemble for entertainment remains a Class 6 building or part of a Class 6 building if it is a
"small live music or arts venue" --see the definition of Assembly building in Volume One of the Code.