BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 60
BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 60
60 . Requirements for smoke alarms
(1) In this
regulation —
relevant day —
(a) in
relation to a dwelling the ownership of which is transferred, means the day on
which the owner transfers the ownership of the dwelling;
(b) in
relation to a dwelling that is rented under a residential tenancy agreement,
means the day on which a person is entitled to enter into occupation of the
dwelling under the agreement;
(c) in
relation to a dwelling that is made available for hire, means the day on which
the building is hired.
(2) The requirements
for the purposes of regulations 56(1)(a), 57(1)(a), 58(a) and 59(a)
are that —
(a) the
dwelling meets the requirements of the deemed‑to‑satisfy
provisions about smoke alarms or smoke hazard management (other than the
provisions about evacuation lighting) of the Building Code applicable at the
time of installation of the alarms; and
(b) each
smoke alarm necessary to meet those requirements was installed less than
10 years before the relevant day; and
(c) each
smoke alarm referred to in paragraph (b) is in working order; and
(d) if a
smoke alarm referred to in paragraph (b) was, at the time of its
installation, required to be connected to the mains power supply to meet those
requirements —
(i)
the alarm is permanently connected to the mains power
supply; or
(ii)
if the alarm is to be installed at a location in the
dwelling where there is no hidden space in which to run the necessary
electrical wiring and there is no appropriate alternative
location — the alarm has a 10 year life battery that cannot be
removed; or
(iii)
if, in relation to the alarm, the use of a battery
powered smoke alarm has been approved under regulation 61 —
the alarm has a 10 year life battery that cannot be removed.
(3) For the purposes
of subregulation (2)(a), if the dwelling has 2 or more smoke alarms
installed and they were not all installed at the same time, the provisions of
the Building Code applicable to the dwelling and the alarms are the provisions
applicable at the time that the last alarm necessary to meet the requirements
referred to in subregulation (2)(a) and (b) was installed.
(4) Despite
subregulation (2)(a) a dwelling is not required to meet a provision of
the Building Code applicable at the time of installation of the alarms that
requires smoke alarms to be interconnected if —
(a) a
building licence for the construction, erection, assembly or placement of the
dwelling was issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1960 before commencement day; or
(b) a
building permit for the construction, erection, assembly or placement of the
dwelling was granted on an application for a building permit made before
1 May 2015; or
(c) a
building permit or a building licence was not required for the construction,
erection, assembly or placement of the dwelling and the construction,
erection, assembly or placement of the dwelling commenced before
1 May 2015.
[Regulation 60 amended: Gazette 24 Apr 2014
p. 1140; 30 Jun 2015 p. 2329; 22 Dec 2017
p. 5973.]