BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - SCHEDULE 3
BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 3 – Dictionary
"accommodation unit" see section 47 .
"affected private building" see the Building Regulation 2006 , section 16O .
Note—See the Building Regulation 2021 , part 11 , division 2 .
"applicant" , for stated building work, means a person who has applied for building development approval for the stated building work.
"appropriately qualified person" , for carrying out maintenance of a prescribed fire safety installation of a particular type, means a person who holds a licence of a class or type, or with an endorsement—
(a) that is—(i) if the installation is a water-based fire safety installation—(A) stated in the Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 , schedule 2 , items 4 to 6; or(B) stated in the Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 , schedule 3 , items 4 and 5; or(C) stated in the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 , schedule 3 ; or(ii) otherwise—stated in the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 , schedule 3 ; and
(b) for which the scope of work includes the maintenance of installations of that type.
"approved building fire safety course" means a course that the chief executive is satisfied gives adequate instructions about safety and other procedures relating to fires and hazardous materials emergencies in or affecting buildings, including, for example, instructions about the following—
(a) developing and keeping fire and evacuation plans;
(b) evacuation coordination procedures;
(c) the method of operation of firefighting equipment and manually operated fire alarms.
"base fee" , for stated building work, means the base fee for the stated building work stated in schedule 2 , part 1 .
"building" see section 104A of the Fire Service Act .
"Building Act" means the Building Act 1975 .
"building fire safety qualification" means a qualification issued by a registered training organisation to a person—
(a) who has successfully completed an approved building fire safety course; and
(b) whom the organisation is satisfied has attained the skills and knowledge required for the issue of the qualification.
"carry out" , in relation to maintenance for a prescribed fire safety installation, means—
(a) carry out the maintenance personally; or
(b) cause the maintenance to be carried out.
"combustible cladding" see the Building Regulation 2006 , section 16O .
Note—See the Building Regulation 2021 , part 11 , division 2 .
"combustible cladding rectification work" means building work for an affected private building the sole purpose of which is to—
(a) alter combustible cladding forming part of, or attached or applied to, an external wall or another external part of the building other than the roof; or
(b) otherwise reduce the risk of fire in connection with combustible cladding mentioned in paragraph (a) .
"common area" see section 6 .
"critical defect" see section 49 .
"critical defect notice" see section 53 (2) .
"designated assembly area" , for a building or a part of a building, means a place of safety outside the building where persons evacuating the building or the part are expected to assemble under the building’s fire and evacuation plan.
"door" includes a gate.
"evacuation coordination instructions" , for a building, means instructions about carrying out the evacuation coordination procedures for the building.
"evacuation coordination procedures" see section 17 .
"evacuation coordinator" ...
"evacuation diagram" —
(a) for a building—see section 18 (1) ; or
(b) for a part of a building—see section 18 (3) .
"evacuation practice record" see section 46 (1) .
"evacuation route" see section 5 .
"evacuation sign" see section 29 .
"final exit" , of a building, means an exit—
(a) directly connecting a common area in the building and a place of safety outside the building; and
(b) to which any of the following applies—(i) the exit is shown on an evacuation diagram for the building or a part of the building;(ii) the exit was required, and has continued to be required, to be kept as an exit under a building development approval for the building;(iii) the exit is indicated as an exit by a sign at, or adjacent to, the exit.
Examples of types of final exit—a doorway, gateway, stairway or ramp
"final exit door" means a door at a final exit of a building.
"fire and evacuation instruction record" see section 45 (1) .
"fire and evacuation instructions" , for a building, means general evacuation instructions, first-response evacuation instructions or evacuation coordination instructions for the building.
"fire engineering brief" means a brief prepared with reference to the fire safety engineering guidelines.
"fire engineering brief meeting" , in relation to stated building work, means a meeting about a fire engineering brief for the stated building work.
"fire safety adviser" , for a high occupancy building, means a person who is appointed by the occupier of the building under section 34 .
"fire safety engineering guidelines" means the document, ‘International Fire Engineering Guidelines, Edition 2005’, published by the Australian Building Codes Board.
Editor’s note—On the day this regulation was notified in the gazette, a copy of the document was available for purchase from the Australian Building Codes Board, GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT.
"fire safety management plan" , for a building used for conducting a residential service, other than a budget accommodation building, see the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002 , schedule 2 .
"fire safety reference points" , for a building, see section 18 (1) and (3) .
"fire safety system" see schedule 6 of the Fire Service Act .
"Fire Service Act" means the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 .
"first-response evacuation instructions" , for a building, means instructions about the method of operation of manually operated fire alarms and firefighting equipment in the building, including at least 1 of the following—
(a) training in the use of the fire alarms and firefighting equipment;
(b) a demonstration of the use of manually operated fire alarms and firefighting equipment that are identical, or at least similar to, the fire alarms and firefighting equipment in the building.Example of a demonstration for paragraph (b)—showing a video about the use of manually operated fire alarms and firefighting equipment
"general access area" , of a multi-occupancy building, means a common area of the building directly connecting a place of safety outside the building and a part of the building that is occupied by a secondary occupier.
"general evacuation instructions" , for a building, means instructions about—
(a) the location of the fire safety reference points for the building; and
(b) the procedures for evacuating the building safely in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency.
"high occupancy building" means any of the following buildings, other than a building to which section 32 applies—
(a) a class 2 or 3 building more than 25m high;
(b) a class 2, 3, 5, 6, 7b, 8, 9a, or 9b building that is a workplace—(i) in the following industries—(A) building and construction;(B) community services;(C) electricity, gas and water;(D) financial, property and business services;(E) manufacturing;(F) public administration;(G) recreational services, personal services and other services;(H) retail and wholesale trade;(I) transport and storage; and(ii) 30 or more workers are normally employed at the workplace during the current year, or are likely to be employed at the workplace for a total of any 40 days during the year;
(c) a class 6 or 9b building that the commissioner has decided is an at risk licensed building under section 104KD of the Fire Service Act .
"intercommunication device" means a device that may, in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency in a building, be used by persons inside and outside the building to communicate with each other.
Examples of intercommunication devices—intercommunication systems or telephones
"interim inspection" , for a required special fire service for stated building work, means an inspection of the special fire service carried out before the applicant for the stated building work informs the chief executive that the stated building work has been completed.
"internal side" , in relation to a door on an evacuation route of a building, means the side of the door that, if the door were closed, would be approached by a person going along the evacuation route towards a place of safety outside the building.
"locking" , in relation to a door on an evacuation route, see section 10 .
"low occupancy building" ...
"maintenance" , for a prescribed fire safety installation, means inspection and testing, or repair, of the installation necessary to ensure that it continues to operate at its original performance level and in accordance with any relevant Australian Standards.
"managing entity" , of a multi-occupancy building, means the entity that is the occupier of, or in control of, the general access areas of the building.
Examples of entities that may be managing entities of buildings—• the body corporate of a community titles scheme identifying scheme land on which a building is situated• the owner of a building
"manually operated fire alarm" means an alarm or other equipment that is activated by a person to warn of a fire or hazardous materials emergency.
Examples of manually operated fire alarms—• a manual call point• an alarm that is activated by breaking the glass casing of the alarm
"multi-occupancy building" means a building in which—
(a) an entity is the occupier of a part of the building; and
(b) at least 1 other entity is the occupier of at least 1 other part of the building.
"obstruct" , in relation to an evacuation route, includes hindering a person’s use of the evacuation route.
"occupancy safety factors" see section 14 .
"occupier statement" see section 55A (1) .
"person with special needs" see section 19 .
"place of safety" , outside a building, means—
(a) a public road outside the building; or
(b) a place outside the building that—(i) is open to the sky; and(ii) is directly connected with a public road; and(iii) in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency threatening the building, is reasonably likely to be safe from the effects of the fire or emergency.Example for paragraph (b)—a private alleyway adjacent to an external wall of a building that is constructed to be resistant to fire
"placing" a thing includes—
(a) installing a thing; and
(b) for a person who has caused a thing to be in a place—allowing it to remain there.
"prescribed document" , for a building, means any of the following for the building—
(a) a record of a review of a fire and evacuation plan;
(b) a fire and evacuation instruction record;
(c) an evacuation practice record;
(d) a record of maintenance.
"prescribed fire safety installation" see 104A of the Fire Service Act .
"public road" means a road ordinarily used by the public.
"record of maintenance" means a record of maintenance under section 55 (1) .
"registered training organisation" see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 .
"relevant current standard" ...
"relevant former standard" ...
"required special fire service" , for stated building work, means a special fire service that is required to be installed as part of the stated building work by the assessment manager for the building development application to which the stated building work relates.
"residential service" see the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002 , section 4 .
"secondary occupier" , of a part of a multi-occupancy building, means the occupier of a part of the building other than the managing entity of the building.
"special fire service fee" see section 56 .
"stated building work" means building work for which special fire services are required.
"tenant" see the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 , section 13 .
"thing" includes a vehicle, an animal, fixtures or fittings, goods or materials, but does not include a structure or other thing if installation of the structure or other thing required building work to be carried out.
"water-based fire safety installation" , for a building or structure, means a prescribed fire safety installation that consists of either of the following items for the building or structure—
(a) sprinklers (including wall-wetting sprinklers);
(b) fire hydrants (including hydrant boosters).
"working" includes working on a voluntary basis.