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Victoria - Building Regulations 2006

What is an essential safety measure?

1202 Definitions
In this Subdivision -
essential safety measure means -

  1. any of the following items required by or under the Act or these Regulations to be provided in relation to a building or a place of public entertainment -
    1. an item listed in Tables I1.1 to I1.11 of Volume One of the BCA, except the item in Table I1.4 relating to artificial lighting;
    2. an item listed in clause I1.2 of Volume One of the BCA; or
  2. any other item that is required by or under the Act or these Regulations to be provided in relation to a building or place of public entertainment for the safety of persons in the event of fire and that is designated by the relevant building surveyor as an essential safety measure; or
  3. any other item that is an essential safety measure within the meaning of Division 1 of Part 12 of the Building (Interim) Regulations 2005 as in force before their revocation;

What essential safety measures am I responsible for maintaining?

1203 - Maintenance requirements for essential safety measures when occupancy permit required

  1. An occupancy permit issued in respect of a building or place of public entertainment must include a condition which?
    1. lists all the essential safety measures pertaining to that building or place of public entertainment; and
    2. specifies for each essential safety measure listed, the level of performance determined by the relevant building surveyor to enable the essential safety measure to fulfil its purpose.
  2. In determining the level of performance of an essential safety measure, the relevant building surveyor must specify the provision of the building regulations with which the installation and operation of the essential safety measure is to comply and the frequency and type of maintenance required.
  3. In this regulation provision of the building regulations has the same meaning as in section 160 of the Act.

Who is responsible for compliance with the maintenance determination?

1205 - Owner must comply with maintenance determination

  1. The owner of a building or place of public entertainment must comply with a maintenance determination in relation to that building or place.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

Who is responsible for preparing an annual report?

1208 - Owner must prepare annual report

  1. An owner of a building or place of public entertainment, in respect of which a condition on an occupancy permit lists an essential safety measure or a maintenance determination has been made, must ensure that an annual essential safety measures report is prepared in accordance with regulation 1209 before each anniversary of the relevant anniversary date.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.