BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 31A

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 31A

31A .         Applicable building standards generally (s. 3, 19(3) and 37(1))

        (1)         For the purposes of the definition of applicable building standard in section 3, the building standards set out in subregulation (2) are prescribed as applicable building standards for the purposes of sections 19(3) and 37(1) in respect of all kinds of buildings and incidental structures, except to the extent that regulations 31BA, 31C, 31D and 31HA otherwise provide.

        (2)         For subregulation (1), the applicable building standards for a building or incidental structure are the requirements in relation to the technical aspects of the construction of a building or incidental structure of that building or incidental structure’s classification that are —

            (a)         set out in the edition of the Building Code that is in effect at the time the application for the building permit is made; or

            (b)         set out in the edition of the Building Code that was in effect 12 months before the time the application for the building permit is made.

        [(c)         deleted]

        [(2A)         deleted]

        (3)         For the purposes of subregulation (2), the applicable building standards include the governing requirements set out in the relevant edition of the Building Code.

        (4)         If the applicable building standards are set out in an earlier edition (the earlier edition ) of the Building Code than the edition that was last adopted, a reference in these regulations to a Volume, Section, Part, Type, clause or Schedule of the Building Code is taken to be a reference to the corresponding Volume, Section, Part, Type, clause or Schedule of the earlier edition.

        [Regulation 31A inserted: Gazette 18 Dec 2012 p. 6562-3; amended: Gazette 7 Dec 2015 p. 4898; 9 Mar 2018 p. 800; 5 Oct 2018 p. 4013; 26 Mar 2019 p. 946; SL 2020/46 r. 5; SL 2020/192 r. 4; SL 2022/162 r. 9; SL 2023/146 r. 5.]