BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 47

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 47

47 .         Notification of change of classification of certain buildings and incidental structures

        (1A)         In this regulation —

        applicable technical aspects means —

            (a)         the technical aspects of the construction of the building or incidental structure set out in the edition of the Building Code that is in effect at the time a written notice is given under subregulation (1); but

            (b)         does not include the bush fire performance requirements if —

                  (i)         a building or incidental structure is located in a bush fire prone area; and

                  (ii)         at any time during the 4‑month period ending on the day on which the notice is given, the area was not a bush fire prone area.

        (1)         The owner of an existing building or incidental structure that is of a classification listed in column 2 of an item in the Table must not permanently change the classification of the building or incidental structure to a classification listed in column 3 of that item unless the owner has given written notice to the relevant permit authority at least 10 business days before the proposed change.

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        Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

        (2)         The written notice must include or be accompanied by —

            (a)         evidence that the building or incidental structure complies with the applicable technical aspects of the construction of a building or incidental structure of that building or incidental structure’s proposed classification; and

            (b)         if the proposed classification of the building or incidental structure is Class 1 —

                  (i)         a statement about whether the building or incidental structure is located in a bush fire prone area; and

                  (ii)         if the building or incidental structure was located in a bush fire prone area during the whole of the 4‑month period ending on the day on which the notice is given —

                        (I)         the BAL for the building site; or

        (II)         if another measure has been used to assess compliance with the relevant performance requirement — details of the measure used and the results of that assessment.

        [Regulation 47 amended: Gazette 24 Apr 2014 p. 1138; 5 Apr 2016 p. 1020‑1; SL 2021/42 r. 12.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 24 Apr 2014 p. 1138.]