Building Regulations 2016 (TAS)

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Building Regulations 2016

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 the Building Act 2016 .13 December 2016

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency’s Command,

GUY BARNETT

Minister for Building and Construction

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations 2016. 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which the Building Act 2016 commences. 3Interpretation (1)  In these regulations – Act means the Building Act 2016; approved disposal system means a system approved under any Act for the disposal of sewage, stormwater or trade waste; assembly building means a Class 9b building; automatic control device means a device that uses a valve, including a ball float control valve, or a switch, to automatically control the flow of water; backflow prevention device means a device used to prevent the reverse flow of water from a potentially polluted source into a drinking water supply system; Chief Officer has the same meaning as in the Fire Service Act 1979; council has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993; declared flood level means the defined flood level declared under regulation 40(2); educational institution means – (a) [Regulation 3 Subregulation (1) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 160, Applied:01 Jul 2023] a school within the meaning of the Education Act 2016; or (b) [Regulation 3 Subregulation (1) amended by No. 9 of 2022, s. 160, Applied:01 Jul 2023] (c) [Regulation 3 Subregulation (1) amended by No. 32 of 2021, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2022] a campus of TasTAFE as continued by the TasTAFE (Skills and Training Business) Act 2021; electricity entity means a person licensed to carry on operations in the electricity supply industry under the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995; fire hazard material means a material determined by the Director of Building Control to be a fire hazard for the purposes of these regulations; fire safety requirements means the matters set out in Schedule 1; 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 premises; (g) stairwell pressurisation; (h) air-handling systems; (i) smoke and heat vents; (j) smoke exhausts; (k) emergency lifts; (l) emergency warning and intercommunication systems; [Regulation 3 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017] [Regulation 3 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017] food premises includes a food business within the meaning of the Food Act 2003; gas entity has the same meaning as in the Gas Act 2000; greywater means the domestic wastes from baths, showers, basins, laundries and kitchens but does not include toilet or urinal wastes; heating appliance means a stove, or heater or similar appliance, which burns oil or solid fuel; [Regulation…

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