Despite anything to the contrary in the BCA, a relevant building surveyor must not determine that an alternative solution complies with a fire performance requirement of the BCA unless the relevant building surveyor—
(a) either—
(i) holds the Graduate Certificate in Performance Based Building and Fire Codes from Victoria University of Technology; or
(ii) holds a qualification that the Building Practitioners Board considers is equivalent to that Certificate; or
(b) relies on a certificate under section 238 of the Act by a fire safety engineer, who did not design the building work, which states that the alternative solution complies with that performance requirement; or
(c) relies on a certificate under section 238 of the Act by a registered building surveyor, who did not design the building work, which states that the alternative solution complies with that performance requirement; or
(d) relies on a determination of the
Building Appeals Board under section 160A of the Act that the alternative
solution complies with that performance requirement; or
(e) relies on a Certificate of Accreditation issued by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee which states that the alternative solution complies with that performance requirement; or
(f) relies on a Certificate of Conformity issued by the Australian Building Codes Board which states that the alternative solution complies with that performance requirement; or
(g) relies on a report of the chief officer under regulation 309, which states that the chief officer is satisfied that a satisfactory degree of fire safety is achieved by that alternative solution.
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