Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Building Regulations 2006 - SECT 105

Definitions

105. Definitions

In these Regulations- allotment means land that can be disposed of separately
under section 8A of the Sale of Land Act 1962 without being subdivided;
alteration means construction in relation to an existing building; approved
means approved by the relevant building surveyor; AS 2118.1-1999 means AS
2118.1-1999 Automatic fire sprinkler systems-Part 1: General requirements,
published 5 December 1999, as published from time to time; AS 2118.4-1995
means AS 2118.4-1995 Automatic fire sprinkler systems-Part 4: Residential,
published 5 April 1995, as published from time to time;

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BCA means the Building Code of Australia; clear to the sky means an unroofed
area or an area roofed with a material that transmits at least 90% of light;
declared road means a freeway or an arterial road within the meaning of the
Road Management Act 2004; drainage authority means- (a) in relation to any
area to which Part X of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958
applies, the Melbourne Water Corporation; and (b) in relation to any other
area, the Authority to which Division 3 of Part 10 of the Water Act 1989
applies for that area; electricity supply authority has the same meaning as
electricity corporation has in section 85 of the
Electricity Industry Act 2000; farm land means farm land as defined in
section 2 of the Valuation of Land Act 1960; fire performance requirement
means- (a) performance requirement BP1.1, DP2, DP3, DP4 or DP6 of Volume One
of the BCA (to the extent that it relates to fire safety); or (b) performance
requirement CP1, CP2, CP3, CP4, CP5, CP6, CP7, CP8, CP9, DP5, EP1.1, EP1.2,
EP1.3, EP1.4, EP1.5, EP1.6, EP2.1 or EP2.2 of Volume One of the BCA; or (c)
performance requirement P2.1, P2.3.1 or P2.3.2 of Volume Two of the BCA (to
the extent that it relates to fire safety for a Class 1b building and a Class
10 building not associated with a Class 1a building); fire safety engineer
means a registered building practitioner in the category of engineer, class of
fire safety engineer; floodplain management authority means an Authority or
Minister to which Division 4 of Part 10 of the Water Act 1989 applies; Form
means a form in Schedule 2; gas supply authority means- (a) in relation to an
area served by a reticulated gas supply, a gas company within the meaning of
the Gas Safety Act 1997; and (b) in relation to pipelines for the conveyance
of hydrocarbons, the Minister responsible for the Pipelines Act 1967;

height in relation to- (a) a building (other than a wall or fence) at any
point, means the vertical distance between natural ground level and the top of
the roof covering; and (b) a wall at any point, means the vertical distance
between the natural ground level at the base of the wall and the point at
which the outer wall intersects the plane of the top of the roof covering or
the top of the parapet, whichever is higher; and (c) a fence at any point,
means the vertical distance between natural ground level at the base of the
fence and the top of the fence; pergola means an open structure that is
unroofed but may have a covering of open weave permeable material; private
open space means- (a) an unroofed area of land; or (b) a deck, terrace, patio,
balcony, pergola, verandah, gazebo or swimming pool; septic tank system has
the same meaning as it has in Part IXB of the Environment Protection Act 1970;
setback from a boundary or building, means a horizontal distance from that
boundary or building; sewerage authority means- (a) in relation to the
metropolis under the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958, the
Melbourne Water Corporation; and (b) in relation to a sewerage district under
the Water Act 1989, the Authority for that district under that Act; site
coverage means that part of an allotment, which is covered by buildings,
expressed as a percentage of the area of the allotment; Standards New Zealand
is the trading arm of the Standards Council of New Zealand; street includes
road, highway, carriageway, lane, footway, square, court, alley and right of
way; street alignment means the line between a street and an allotment; the
Act means the Building Act 1993; water supply authority means, in relation to
a water district under the Water Act 1989, the Authority for that district
under that Act.