Building Regulations Amendment Regulations 2017 (WA)

8 August 2017	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	4343
— PART 1 —

INDUSTRY REGULATION

IS301

Building Act 2011

Building Regulations Amendment

Regulations 2017

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Building Regulations Amendment
Regulations 2017.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are

published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

Part 2 — Building Regulations 2012 amended

3.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Building Regulations 2012.

4.             Regulation 3 amended

(1)	In regulation 3 delete the definition of alternative solution.
(2)	In regulation 3 insert in alphabetical order:

performance solution has the meaning given in the
Building Code Volume 1 Part A1;

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5.             Regulation 5 amended

In regulation 5:

(a) in the Table item 1 delete “structure” and insert:

structure.

(b)

in the Table delete items 2 and 3 and insert:

2.

Building surveying	A Class 1 or Class 10
practitioner level 2	building or incidental

structure.

A Class 2 to Class 9 building

or incidental structure —

(a) with a floor area not

2

exceeding 2 000 m	;
and
(b)	not higher than

3 storeys.

3.	Building surveying	A Class 1 or Class 10
practitioner technician	building or incidental
structure.
A Class 2 to Class 9 building
or incidental structure —
(a) with a floor area not

2

exceeding 500 m	; and
(b)	not higher than

2 storeys.

6.             Regulation 19 amended

In regulation 19(2)(c) delete “electricity, gas, telephone or water
services” and insert:

electricity or gas services

7.             Regulation 31I amended

In regulation 31I(2)(b) delete “electrical, gas, telephone or water
service” and insert:

electrical or gas service 

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8.             Various references to “alternative solution” amended

In the provisions listed in the Table delete “alternative solution”

(each occurrence) and insert:

performance solution

Table

r. 3 def. of approved barrier	r. 16(3)(c)
solution
r. 18A(1)(c) and (2)(b)(i)	r. 18B(2)(b) and (3)(b)

nd

r. 31C(1) Table 2 row and r. 31G(2)

rd nd

3 row and (2) Table 2 row

r. 36(2)(c)	r. 50(1B)
r. 51(5)

Part 3 — Building Services (Registration)

Regulations 2011 amended

9.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Building Services (Registration)
Regulations 2011.

10.           Regulation 28A amended

In regulation 28A delete the definition of building surveying
work level 2 and insert:

building surveying work level 2 means building

surveying work in respect of —

(a)	a Class 1 or Class 10 building or incidental structure; or
(b)	a Class 2 to 9 building or incidental structure —

2

(i) with a floor area up to 2 000 m ; and

(ii)      not more than 3 storeys in height.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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