BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - SCHEDULE 2
BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 2 – Fees for assessment and inspection of required special fire services
Part 1 - Base fee for stated building work
| Area of stated building work | Base fee | ||
| Fee units | |||
| 1 | Base fee for stated building work that is to have a floor area of not more than 700m 2 | 1,675.20 | |
| 2 | Base fee for stated building work that is to have a floor area of more than 700m 2 but not more than 1,100m 2 | 3,017.10 | |
| 3 | Base fee for stated building work that is to have a floor area of more than 1,100m 2 but not more than 1,500m 2 | 3,690.85 | |
| 4 | Base fee for stated building work that is to have a floor area of more than 1,500m 2 but not more than 2,000m 2 | 4,042.50 | |
| 5 | Base fee for stated building work that is to have a floor area of more than 2,000m 2 | 4,218.30 plus 31.90 fee units for each 100m 2, or part of 100m 2, over 2,000m 2 |
Part 2 - Percentages for calculating special fire service fees
| Column 1 | Column 2 | ||
| Special fire service | Percentage | ||
| 1 | fire mains (other than fire mains that connect only fire hose reels | 25% | |
| 2 | fire hydrants | 10% | |
| 3 | sprinklers (other than wall-wetting sprinklers) | 15% | |
| 4 | wall-wetting sprinklers | 10% | |
| 5 | special automatic fire suppression systems (including foam, deluge and gas flooding systems) | 10% | |
| 6 | fire detection and alarm systems (other than stand-alone smoke alarms not required to be interconnected or connected to a fire indicator panel) | 40% | |
| 7 | fire control centres | 10% | |
| 8 | stairwell pressurisation systems | 40% | |
| 9 | air-handling systems used for smoke control | 10% | |
| 10 | smoke and heat venting systems | 10% | |
| 11 | smoke exhaust systems | 40% | |
| 12 | emergency warning and intercommunication systems | 20% | |
| 13 | emergency lifts | 10% | |
| 14 | vehicular access for large isolated buildings | 15% | |
| 15 | services provided under conditions imposed under section 79 of the Building Act | 20% | |
| 16 | services required under the BCA, clause E1.10 | 20% |
Part 3 - Additional assessment and inspection fees for fire engineering briefs
| Fee units | |||
| 1 | Research fee (ss 62(1)(b) and 63(2)(a))— | ||
| (a) for evaluation of 1 subsystem | 1,640.30 | ||
| (b) for evaluation of 2 to 5 subsystems | 2,694.80 | ||
| (c) for evaluation of more than 5 subsystems | 5,390.25 | ||
| 2 | Fire engineering brief consultation fee (s 62(1)(c)) | 5,155.80 | |
| 3 | Fire engineering brief meeting fee (s 62(1)(d))— | ||
| (a) for attendance at not more than 3 fire engineering brief meetings | nil | ||
| (b) for attendance at the fourth and each subsequent fire engineering brief meeting—for each hour, or part of an hour, of the meeting | 644.20 | ||
| 4 | Minor performance meeting fee (s 63(2)(b)) | 1,675.20 |
Part 4 - Other assessment and inspection fees
| Fee units | |||
| 1 | Reassessment fee for assessing amended plans (s 65(2))—for each hour, or part of an hour, during which the service assesses amended plans | 644.20 | |
| 2 | General inspection fee for an interim inspection or inspection (ss 66(2), 67(2) and 69(2))—for each hour, or part of an hour, of the inspection | 644.20 | |
| 3 | Reinspection fee for an additional inspection (s 68(2))— | ||
| (a) for the first hour, or part of the first hour, of the inspection | 1,288.65 | ||
| (b) for each additional hour, or part of an additional hour, of the inspection | 644.20 |