Building Regulations 1989 (WA)

Western Australia

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960

These Regulations were repealed by the Building Act 2011 s. 157 (No. 24 of 2011) as at 2 Apr 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 13 Mar 2012 p. 1033).

Western Australia

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960

Building Regulations 1989

These regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations 1989 1.

These regulations shall come into operation on the day that they are published in the Government Gazette 1.

• (1)

  To the extent to which they apply to buildings that are Class 10 buildings for the purposes of the Building Code these regulations apply in each local government district in the area specified for that district in Column 2 in Schedule 2 but not elsewhere.

• (2)

  Part 10 of these regulations and Part G1.1 of the Building Code apply in each local government district in the area specified for that district in Column 3 in Schedule 2 but not elsewhere.

• (3)

  Subject to subregulations (1) and (2) these regulations apply in each local government district in the area specified for that district in Column 4 in Schedule 2 but not elsewhere.

[Regulation 2A inserted in Gazette 8 May 1998 p. 2369; amended in Gazette 19 Jun 1998 p. 3282.]

• (1)

  In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears —

Act means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960;

approved means approved by the local government except where used in relation to plans, drawings and specifications submitted for approval under section 374 of the Act, in which case approved has a meaning consistent with the provisions of that section;

builder means a person employed to construct any building or to demolish, alter or execute any work on a building already constructed, and includes the owner or occupier of the land upon which any such building is intended to be constructed, or other person for whom, or by whose order or under whose direction and control such alteration or work was done or is intended to be done, as the case may be;

Building Code means the latest edition of the Building Code of Australia published from time to time by, or on behalf of, the Australian Building Codes Board, as amended from time to time, but not including explanatory information published with that Code;

district means the local government district in which a building is constructed or proposed to be constructed;

Fire Brigades Board means the Western Australian Fire Brigades Board as constituted under the Fire Brigades Act 1942;

footing means the construction by which the weight of the building is transferred to the foundations;

Form means a form in Schedule 1;

local government means the local government of the district in which a building is, or is proposed to be, constructed;

owner includes any person in possession or receipt…