Building Regulations 2004 (TAS)

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Building Regulations 2004

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under section 230 of the Building Act 2000 .21 June 2004

RICHARD BUTLER

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

BRYAN GREEN

Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations 2004 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 July 2004. 3Interpretation (1)  In these regulations – A landslip area means an area of land declared under Part 9A of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 to be an A landslip area; Act means the Building Act 2000 ; application means an application for a permit to carry out building work; B landslip area means an area of land declared under Part 9A of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 to be a B landslip area; Chief Officer means the person appointed as Chief Officer under the Fire Service Act 1979 ; commenced, in relation to building work, means commenced on site; completed, in relation to building work, means any completed building work – (a) that is authorised by a building permit; and (b) in respect of which a certificate of completion (building work) has been issued under section 112 of the Act; demolisher means a person who – (a) demolishes or removes a building or part of a building; or (b) is responsible for the demolition or removal of a building or part of a building; electricity supply entity means a person licensed to carry on operations in the electricity supply industry under the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 ; farm building means a building which has low human occupancy and – (a) is associated with and located on land devoted to the practice of farming; and (b) is used essentially for – (i) housing machinery and equipment; or (ii) livestock; or (iii) the production, storage or processing of agricultural and horticultural produce or feed; and (c) may include, but is not limited to, a hayshed, implement shed, grain and fertiliser store, cool store for vegetables and fruit, piggery, poultry shed, shearing shed, farm dairy, milking shed, grain silo and silage bunker, greenhouse, farm workshop, fruit-packing shed, egg-grading room and garage not attached to a farm residence; fire safety system includes any one or more of the following: (a) booster assemblies; (b) fire mains, hydrants and hose reels; (c) sprinklers; (d) fire and smoke alarms; (e) fire control centres; (f) provisions for special fire hazard buildings; (g) stairwell pressurisation; (h) air-handling systems; (i) smoke and heat vents; (j) smoke exhausts; (k) emergency lifts; (l) emergency warning and intercommunication systems; food premises means food premises as determined in Tas Part H102 of the Building Code of Australia; Food Premises Verification Analysis means a hazard analysis of food premises undertaken in accordance with the specified Food Premises verification method determined by the Director;

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