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BUILDING REGULATIONS - REG 2

Interpretation

    (1)     In these regulations:

approved Class 1a Building , see regulation 36C(1).

"approved rural land", see regulation 36A.

building contractor residential (restricted) means a building practitioner registered in the category of building contractor residential (restricted).

building contractor residential (unrestricted) means a building practitioner registered in the category of building contractor residential (unrestricted).

Class 2 building , for regulation 15A and Part 11A, includes:

        (a)     a building consisting only of one or more storeys that may be classified under the Building Code as a Class 2 building because of Part A3.3(a)(i) of the Code; and

        (b)     a building consisting only of:

            (i)     one or more storeys that are Class 2 buildings; and

            (ii)     one or more storeys that are Class 7a buildings for the sole use of the residents of, and visitors to, the Class 2 buildings.

"completed building work", for Part 3A, means the building work specified in regulation 20A(1) and completed as specified in regulation 20A(2).

"drawings", of a building, include a site plan and floor plan of, and elevations for, the building.

"flood prone area" means a part of Territory specified in Schedule 4.

"original building status", of an approved Class 1a Building, see regulation 36C(1)(e).

"original site", of an approved Class 1a Building, see regulation 36A.

"pergola" does not include a building that has a roof or sides that are impermeable to the wind.

"planning scheme", see section 3(1) of the Planning Act .

"post-relocation building work", for an approved Class 1a Building, see regulation 36A.

"relevant building law", in relation to a building, means the law (including codes and standards under the law) in force in the Territory that, at the time of the erection of the building, regulated the building work carried out for the erection.

"the Building Code" means the Building Code of Australia published by or on behalf of the Australian Building Codes Board as amended from time to time.

"the National Plumbing Code" means the National Plumbing and Drainage Code set out in AS3500 published by the Standards Association of Australia as amended from time to time.

    (2)     For the purposes of these regulations the erection of a building that has been removed and transported from another site or another location on the same site is to be regarded as the erection of a building.

    (2A)     However, subregulation (2) does not apply to the erection of an approved Class 1a Building on approved rural land.

    (3)     A reference in these regulations to a building as a building of a particular Class is a reference to a building of that Class as specified under the classification in Part A3.2 of the Building Code.

    (4)     In reckoning time for the purposes of these regulations public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays shall be excluded.



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