Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 231AI

231AI RCB assessment reports

(1) An RCB assessor who assesses an RCB must, as soon as practicable, give the owner of the RCB and, if the owner is not its operator, the operator a report in the approved form (an
"RCB assessment report" ) about the RCB assessor’s decision relating to—

(a) the assessment category for the RCB; and

(b) whether the RCB complies with the fire safety standard (RCB); and

(c) if the RCB does not comply with the fire safety standard (RCB), the way the RCB does not comply, including the provisions of the fire safety standard (RCB) with which the RCB does not comply.

(2) If the RCB does not comply with the fire safety standard (RCB) in relation to sprinklers, the report must also include a statement of—

(a) the parts of the RCB for which requirements under the fire safety standard (RCB) about sprinklers are not met; and

(b) the area of each of those parts, expressed in square metres.

(3) For subsection (2) (a) , a part of the RCB may be described by reference to the plan of the RCB given to the assessor by the owner of the RCB under section 231AH (2) (a) .

(4) Also, the RCB assessment report must include the following—

(a) a copy of the plan of the RCB given to the assessor by the owner of the RCB under section 231AH (2) (a) ;

(b) whether the RCB is of type A construction, type B construction or type C construction;

(c) the number of the rise of storeys for the RCB;

(d) the usual number of residents in the RCB according to information given by the owner of the RCB;

(e) any other matter prescribed under a regulation.

(5) The RCB assessment report must be, or include, an information notice about the RCB assessor’s decision.

Note—

For rights of appeal to a development tribunal, see the Planning Act , section 229 .

(6) If the RCB assessor decides the RCB complies with the fire safety standard (RCB), the RCB assessor must issue a certificate in the approved form (a
"fire safety (RCB) compliance certificate" ) for the RCB.