S.R. No. 157/2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Objectives
2 Authorising provisions
3 Commencement
Part 2—Amendment of the Building Regulations 2006
4 Regulations 123 and 124 inserted
5 Revocation of regulations 123 and 124
Part 3—Amendment of the Plumbing Regulations 2008
6 New clause 3A in Schedule 2 inserted
7 Revocation of clause 3A in Schedule 2
Part 4—Expiry
8 Expiry
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Endnotes
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STATUTORY RULES 2015
S.R. No. 157/2015
Building Act 1993
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 15 December 2015
Responsible Minister:
RICHARD WYNNE
Minister for Planning
ANDREW ROBINSON
Clerk of the Executive Council
1 Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a) to amend the Building Regulations 2006 to provide for modifications to the BCA in relation to the sprinkler protection of covered balconies and the fire hazard properties of a material; and
(b) to make consequential amendments to the
Plumbing Regulations 2008.
2 Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 7, 9,
221ZZZV, 261 and 262 of, and Schedule 1 to, the
Building Act 1993 .
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3 Commencement
(1) These Regulations (except regulations 5 and 7) come into operation on the day on which they are made.
(2) Regulations 5 and 7 come into operation on 6 June
2016.
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Part 2—Amendment of the Building Regulations 2006
4 Regulations 123 and 124 inserted
After regulation 122 of the Building Regulations
2006 1 insert —
' 123 Determination that a material does not significantly increase the hazards of fire
The BCA Volume One applies as if, in deemed-to-satisfy provision C1.10—
(a) in paragraph (c)(xiii)(B) for " like; or " there were substituted " like.
" ; and
(b) paragraph (c)(xiv) were omitted.
124 Sprinkler protection of covered balconies
(1) The BCA Volume One applies as if, in
Clause 5.6.13 of AS 2118.1 there were omitted " that exceed 6 m
2
floor area and have a depth in excess of 2 m " .
(2) The modification to AS 2118.1 in subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9b building.
(3) In this regulation AS 2118.1
means
AS 2118.1—1999 Automatic fire sprinkler systems Part 1: General requirements, published 5 December 1999 as incorporated by the BCA Volume One from time to time.
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5 Revocation of regulations 123 and 124
Regulations 123 and 124 of the Building
Regulations 2006 are revoked .
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6 New clause 3A in Schedule 2 inserted
After clause 3 in Schedule 2 to the Plumbing
Regulations 2008 2 insert —
' 3A Sprinkler protection for covered balconies
(1) The PCA is modified to the extent that
AS 2118.1 is to be read as if there were substituted for Clause 5.7.10—
" 5.7.10 Covered balconies
Covered balconies shall be sprinkler protected.".
(2) The modification to AS 2118.1 in subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9b building.
(3) In this regulation AS 2118.1 means
AS 2118.1 Automatic fire sprinkler systems
Part 1: General systems as issued, published or remade from time to time as incorporated by the PCA.'.
7 Revocation of clause 3A in Schedule 2
Clause 3A in Schedule 2 to the Plumbing
Regulations 2008 is revoked .
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These Regulations expire on 7 June 2016.
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Endnotes
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 68/2006. Reprint No. 3 as at 11 December 2014.
Reprinted to S.R. No. 197/2014. Subsequently amended by
S.R. Nos 8/2015, 21/2015 and 70/2015.
2 Reg. 6: S.R. No. 136/2008. Reprint No. 1 as at 4 April 2013. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 113/2012. Subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 113/2012,
81/2013 and 60/2014.
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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter
The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation
Regulations 2014.
In this table—
National Construction Code Series means the National Construction Code
Series published by the Australian Building Codes Board as amended or remade from time to time;
BCA Volume One means Volume One of the National Construction Code
Series including any variations or additions in the Appendix Victoria set out in the Appendices to that Volume; and
PCA means the Plumbing Code of Australia set out in Volume Three of the
National Construction Code Series including any variations or additions in the Appendix Victoria set out in Appendix A of that Volume.
Statutory rule provision
Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 4 which inserts regulation 123 of the Building
Regulations 2006
BCA Volume One
Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Clauses
C1.10(c)(xiii)(B) and
C1.10(c)(xiv)
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Statutory rule provision
Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document
Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 4 which inserts regulation 124 of the Building
Regulations 2006
AS 2118.1—1999 Automatic fire sprinkler systems
Part 1: General requirements, published by Standards
Australia on 5 December
1999, reissued incorporating
Amendment No. 1 June 2000 as incorporated by the BCA
Volume One
BCA Volume One
Clause 5.6.13
Table A1.3
Specification
E1.5:
Clauses 2(a),
4, 7(a)(ii), 12(d) and 13
Regulation 6 which inserts Clause 3A in
Schedule 2 to the
Plumbing
Regulations 2008
AS 2118.1—2006 Automatic fire sprinkler systems
Part 1: General systems, published by Standards
Australia on
29 December 2006, reissued incorporating Amendment
No. 1 August 2010 as incorporated by the PCA
PCA
Clause 5.7.10
Table A3.1
Deemed-tosatisfy provision
B4.2(c)
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