BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 48 Signs to be displayed in accommodation units

BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 48

48 Signs to be displayed in accommodation units

(1) The owner of an accommodation unit in a building must display in the unit a sign that—

(a) shows the location of—

(i) each route from the unit to a place of safety outside the building; and

(ii) firefighting equipment and manually operated fire alarms in and near to the unit; and

(b) states the procedures for safely evacuating the building in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2) The sign must be—

(a) displayed in a conspicuous place in the accommodation unit; and

(b) orientated so the direction of the route shown on the sign from the place in the building where the sign is displayed to the nearest exit of the building corresponds with the actual direction of the route from the place to the exit; and

(c) securely attached to a wall or the internal side of a door in the unit.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.