Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 217

217 Fire safety standard

(1) The
"fire safety standard" is—

(a) QDC, part MP 2.1; and

(b) any other standard prescribed under a regulation for ensuring that all the occupants of a budget accommodation building may be safely evacuated in the event of a fire in the building.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a prescribed standard may provide for all or any of the following for the building—

(a) the allowable number of occupants;

(b) the provision and maintenance of fire safety systems;

(c) training programs for occupants and persons employed in the building about—

(i) fire management and prevention; or

(ii) emergency evacuation.