BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Main objects of regulation
• 4A Rounding of amounts expressed as numbers of fee units

PART 2 - MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM BUILDINGS

Division 1 - Interpretation

• 5 Meaning of evacuation route
• 6 Meaning of common area

Division 2 - Keeping evacuation routes free from obstruction—general

• 7 Person not to obstruct an evacuation route
• 8 Occupier not to allow evacuation route to be obstructed
• 9 Occupier not to allow final exit of adjoining building to be obstructed

Division 3 - Keeping evacuation routes free from obstruction—locking doors

• 10 Meaning of locking a door
• 11 General obligations about locking doors
• 12 Locking doors—children in education and care service premises or QEC approved services or persons in custody

Division 4 - Keeping evacuation routes free from obstruction—air space

• 13 Evacuation routes to be kept isolated

PART 3 - OCCUPANCY LIMITS FOR BUILDINGS

• 14 Meaning of occupancy safety factors
• 15 General obligation about the number of persons in a building
• 16 Limits on the number of persons in a building

PART 4 - EVACUATION PLANNING, INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 17 Meaning of evacuation coordination procedures
• 18 Meaning of evacuation diagram
• 19 Meaning of person with special needs
Subdivision 2 - Application of particular divisions
• 20 Application of divs 2, 3, 5 and 6

Division 2 - Fire and evacuation plans

• 21 General requirements
• 22 Requirements for managing entities
• 23 Requirements for secondary occupiers
• 24 Fire and evacuation plan to include and reflect fire safety management procedure
• 25 Relevant approval documents to be obtained and kept with fire and evacuation plan
Subdivision 2 - Other matters relating to keeping fire and evacuation plans
• 26 Accessing a fire and evacuation plan
• 27 Changing a fire and evacuation plan
• 28 Reviewing a fire and evacuation plan

Division 3 - Evacuation signs and diagrams

• 29 References to an evacuation sign
• 30 Evacuation signs and diagrams to be displayed

Division 4 - Instructions for prescribed persons—Fire Service Act, s 104E

• 31 Prescribed time and period for prescribed persons

Division 5 - Fire and evacuation instructions—buildings used for temporary events

• 32 Fire and evacuation instructions

Division 6 - Fire and evacuation instructions—other buildings

• 33 Application of div 6
Subdivision 2 - Fire safety advisers
• 34 Appointment of fire safety advisers for high occupancy buildings
Subdivision 3 - General evacuation instructions
• 35 General evacuation instructions
Subdivision 4 - First-response evacuation instructions
• 36 General requirements
• 37 Additional requirement for high occupancy buildings
Subdivision 5 - Evacuation coordination instructions
• 38 General requirements
• 39 Requirements for instructing new persons
• 40 Requirements for new occupiers
• 41 Additional requirements for high occupancy buildings
42. (Repealed)

Division 7 - Evacuation practice

• 43 Evacuation practice—budget accommodation buildings
• 44 Evacuation practice—other buildings

Division 8 - Records

• 45 Fire and evacuation instruction record
• 46 Evacuation practice record

Division 9 - Obligation of owners of accommodation units

• 47 Meaning of accommodation unit
• 48 Signs to be displayed in accommodation units

PART 5 - PRESCRIBED FIRE SAFETY INSTALLATIONS

Division 1 - Definition for pt 5

• 49 Meaning of critical defect

Division 2 - Obligations of persons maintaining prescribed fire safety installations

• 50 Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations—QDC, part MP6.1
51. (Repealed) 52. (Repealed)
• 53 Notifying critical defects

Division 3 - Obligations of occupiers

• 54 Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations
• 55 Keeping record of maintenance
• 55A Occupier statements
• 55B Record-keeping requirements for occupiers of particular buildings

PART 5A - SMOKE ALARMS FOR DOMESTIC DWELLINGS

• 55C Prescribed locations for installation of smoke alarms—Act, s 104RBA
• 55D Prescribed ways of powering smoke alarms—Act, s 104RBA
• 55E Prescribed additional requirements for smoke alarms—Act, s 104RBA

PART 6 - FEES FOR ASSESSMENT AND INSPECTION OF REQUIRED SPECIAL FIRE SERVICES

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 56 Meaning of special fire service fee
• 57 Payment of fees and costs for assessment services

Division 2 - Assessment and inspection of required special fire services—no fire engineering brief

• 58 Application of division
• 59 Base fee for stated building work involving fitting out
• 60 Fees for assessing and inspecting required special fire services for other stated building work

Division 3 - Assessment and inspection of required special fire services—fire engineering brief

• 61 Application of division
• 62 Fees for assessing and inspecting required special fire services
• 63 Minor performance meeting fee
• 64 Costs for attending fire engineering brief meetings—travel and accommodation

Division 3A - Assessment and inspection of required special fire services—combustible cladding rectification work

• 64A Fee for assessing or inspecting required special fire services

Division 4 - Other fees for assessment and inspection of required special fire services

• 65 Reassessment fee for amended plans
• 66 Fee for interim inspection of required special fire service
• 67 Fee for inspection of required special fire service for temporary building
• 68 Fee for additional inspection of required special fire service
• 69 Fee for inspection of special fire service for approving BCA classification change

PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

Division 1 - Documents

• 70 False or misleading documents
• 71 Keeping plans and other particular documents
• 72 Retention and transfer of prescribed documents
73. (Repealed)

Division 2 - Fees

• 74 Preliminary meeting fee for proposed building development application
• 75 Fee for fire safety report for a building

PART 8 - REPEAL

• 76 Repeal of regulations

PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SL NO. 160 OF 2008

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 77 Definitions for pt 9

Division 2 - Evacuation planning, instruction and practice

• 78 Application of sdiv 1
• 79 Compliance with particular requirements about fire and evacuation plans
• 80 Relevant former instructions may be given instead of general evacuation instructions
• 81 Relevant former instructions may be given instead of first-response evacuation instructions
• 82 Relevant former instructions may be given instead of evacuation coordination instructions
Subdivision 2 - Fire safety advisers
• 83 Compliance with particular requirements about fire safety advisers
Subdivision 3 - Evacuation practice for particular buildings
• 84 Evacuation practice in continuously occupied budget accommodation buildings

Division 3 - Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations

• 85 Particular persons taken to be appropriately qualified persons

Division 4 - Records

• 86 Keeping former records

Division 5 - Fees for assessment and inspection of special fire services

• 87 Relevant former reassessment fee
• 88 Relevant former reinspection fee
• 89 Relevant former alternative solution fee
• 90 Fire engineering brief meeting fee

PART 10 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR BUILDING FIRE SAFETY (COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING RECTIFICATION WORK) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2019

• 91 Particular applications for stated building work that is combustible cladding rectification work only
Schedule 1 (Repealed)
• SCHEDULE 2
• SCHEDULE 3