BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 34 Appointment of fire safety advisers for high occupancy buildings

BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 34

34 Appointment of fire safety advisers for high occupancy buildings

(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) , the occupier of a high occupancy building must appoint a person who holds a current building fire safety qualification as the fire safety adviser for the building.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2) If the occupier is the occupier of 2 or more high occupancy buildings, the occupier may appoint the same person as the fire safety adviser for 2 or more of the buildings.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if an entity (also the
"occupier" ) starts to occupy a high occupancy building.

(4) The occupier is not required to appoint a fire safety adviser for the building until 1 month after the occupier starts to occupy the building.

(5) A person’s appointment as a fire safety adviser ends if the person no longer holds a current building fire safety qualification.

(6) In this section—


"current building fire safety qualification" means a building fire safety qualification issued within the last 3 years.

Note—

See section 83 about compliance with subsections (1) to (4) .