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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 188

Exemption from fire safety standards

188 Exemption from fire safety standards

(cf clause 80I of EP[#38]A Regulation 1994)

(1) This clause applies to development the subject of--
(a) a development application or an application for a complying development certificate for the change of building use of an existing building where the application does not seek any alteration, enlargement or extension of the building, or
(b) an application for a construction certificate for building work, other than building work associated with a change of building use referred to in paragraph (a).
Note : This clause does not authorise the making of an objection to a condition imposed on a development consent otherwise than by operation of clause 98 or 136A. So if a consent authority requires the provision of specified fire safety equipment, an objection to that requirement cannot be made merely because the requirement happens to be the same as a requirement imposed by the Building Code of Australia . Nor can it be made if the consent authority requires the development to be carried out in accordance with the Building Code of Australia , as the requirement then arises not from the Building Code of Australia (as applied by clause 98 or 136A) but from the Building Code of Australia (as applied by the terms of the condition).
(2) The applicant in relation to development to which this clause applies may lodge with the Fire Commissioner an objection that compliance with any specified Category 3 fire safety provision (as applied by clause 98 or 136A) is unreasonable or unnecessary in the particular circumstances of the case.
(3) The applicant must specify the grounds of the objection and (in the case of proposed building work) must furnish the Fire Commissioner with a copy of the plans and specifications for the building work.
(4) If the Fire Commissioner is satisfied that the objection is well founded, the Fire Commissioner may exempt the development, either conditionally or unconditionally, from any specified Category 3 fire safety provision (as applied by clause 98 or 136A).
(5) When granting development consent for development the subject of an application referred to in subclause (1)(a), a consent authority must ensure that the terms of any condition referred to in subclause (4)--
(a) have been included in the plans and specifications for the building work, in the case of a condition whose terms are capable of being so included, or
(b) are included in the conditions attached to the development consent, in the case of a condition whose terms are not capable of being so included.
(6) When issuing a construction certificate for building work the subject of an application referred to in subclause (1)(b), a certifier must ensure that the terms of any condition referred to in subclause (4)--
(a) have been included in the plans and specifications for the building work, in the case of a condition whose terms are capable of being so included, or
(b) are included in the conditions attached to the certificate, in the case of a condition whose terms are not capable of being so included.
(7) Compliance with the requirement that the terms of a condition be included in the plans and specifications for building work is sufficiently complied with--
(a) if the plans and specifications are redrawn so as to accord with those terms, or
(b) if those terms are included by way of an annotation (whether by way of insertion, deletion or alteration) marked on the relevant part of those plans and specifications.



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