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BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 112 Concessional approval for particular existing buildings

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 112

Concessional approval for particular existing buildings

112 Concessional approval for particular existing buildings

(1) This section applies only to a building in existence before 14 December 1993.
(2) A building certifier who is either of the following may approve a BCA classification or use change for the building or part of the building without the building or part as changed having to comply with the building assessment provisions, other than the BCA, parts E1 and E4—
(a) a local government building certifier;
(b) a private certifier (class A).
(3) However, the change may be approved only if the building certifier considers that the building or part—
(a) will be structurally sound and capable of withstanding the loadings likely to arise from its use under any new BCA classification or use; and
(b) will reasonably provide for—
(i) the safety of persons in the building if there is a fire, including, for example, means of egress; and
(ii) the prevention and suppression of fire; and
(iii) the prevention of the spread of fire.
(4) Also, if the building contains a special fire service the building certifier must not approve the change unless the certifier has first received from QFES a report on the suitability of the service.
(5) The approval may impose the conditions the building certifier considers necessary about any of the matters mentioned in—
(a) the BCA, part E1 or E4; or
(b) subsection (3) .