New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 6.34

6.34 Regulations: smoke alarms in buildings providing sleeping accommodation

(cf previous s 146A)

(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to--

(a) the installation of one or more smoke alarms in buildings in which persons sleep, and

(b) the maintenance of smoke alarms installed in such buildings, and

(c) prohibiting persons from removing or interfering with the operation of smoke alarms installed in such buildings.

(2) The regulations made under this section may (without limitation) do any one or more of the following--

(a) specify the kinds of buildings in which smoke alarms are to be installed,

(b) specify the kinds of smoke alarms to be installed,

(c) specify where a smoke alarm is to be located,

(d) specify the maintenance that may be required in relation to a smoke alarm that has been installed,

(e) specify circumstances in which development consent is not required in relation to the installation of a smoke alarm,

(f) specify circumstances in which the consent of an owners corporation (within the meaning of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 ) is not required in relation to the installation of a smoke alarm.

(3) In this section--

"building" includes a manufactured home, moveable dwelling or associated structure within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 .