Building Act 1882 (SA)

ANNO QUAIIRAGESIMO QUINTO ET QUADRAGESIMO

SEXTO

No. 266.

An Act to amend " The Building Act, 1881 ."

[A sseded to, November r ~ t h, ~882.1

HEREAS it is expedient to amend " The Building Act, 1881," Preamble.

and to make such other provisions as are hereinafter con- tained-Be it therefore Enacted by thc Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislativc Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1, This Act may be cited for all purposes as bc The Building shod title and

Act Amendment Act, 1882," and shall be read and construed as one i n c O ~ r W t i O n ~

with 'c The Building Act, 1881 " (hereinafter referred to as the

principal Act), except so far as the same is altered hereby.

2, Sections 9 and 28 of thc principal Act are hereby repealed. Repeal.

3, Any alteration, addition, or other work made or done for Alterations, h., to

any purpose, except that of necessary repairs, not affecting the con- buildings.

struction of any external or party walls in, to, or upon any old

building, shall, to the extent of such alteration, addition, or work,

be subject to the regulations of the principal Act, except in such

cases as the Council shall otherwiae determine; and any alteration,

addition, or other work made or done for any purpoge, except that

of necessary repair, not affecting the construction of any external

or party wall, in, to, or upon any new building after the roof has

been covered in, shall, to the extent of such alteration, addition,

or work, be entirely subject to the regulations of the principal

Act; and whenever mention is made in the principal Act of any

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alteration, addition, or work, in, to, or upon any building, i t shall, unless the contrary appears from the context, be deemed to imply an alteration, addition, or work to which the principal Act applies.

Divirrion of buildings.

4. Sub-section 3 of the thirty-second section of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is hercby enacted that every warehouse or other building used wholly or in part for the purposes of trade or manufacture, containing more than four hundred thou- saud cubic feet between t h e encloskg walls of such building, shall be divided by party-walls in such manner that the contents of each division thereof shall not exceed the above-mentioned number of cubic feet; and where such building exceeds two hundred and sixteen thousand cubic feet, the walls thereof shall be increased one inch in thickness, from the foundations upwards, beyond the thickness prescribed in Schedule 1, Part II., of the said principal Act, for every five thousand cubic feet or part of five thousand cubic feet of such excess.

Amendment of

section 33.

5, Section 33 of the principal Act shall be amended by substi-

tuting the words four hundred thousand cubic feet in lieu of thc

words two hundred and sixteen thousand cubic feet.

Amendment of

section 60. 6. Notwithstanding anything in the 50th section of the said

principal Act contained, the fees therein mentioned shdl be payable and paid to the Council upon receipt by the surveyor of the notice (if any) required by the 38th and 43rd sections of the same Act, or upon default having been made in the giving of such notice.

Amendment of	7, Notwithstanding anything contained in the First Schedule to the said principal Act, it shall be lawful to construct a wall, in manner thercin mentioned, with a damp-proof course or courses of jarrah or redgum wood.
8chedule.

The like. 8. The third section of the miscellaneous rules comprised in the First Schedule of the principal Act shall be read and construed as if the word " not " had been inserted between the words " are " and

applicable " therein contained.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill,

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,

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Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLER, Government Printer, North-terrace.