Victorian Numbered Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2006 (SR NO 68 OF 2006) - REG 101

The objectives of these Regulations are—

        (a)     to remake with amendments the regulations which control the design, construction and use of buildings and places of public entertainment; and

        (b)     to prescribe standards for the construction and demolition of buildings; and

        (c)     to prescribe standards of safety for places of public entertainment; and

        (d)     to regulate matters relating to the use and maintenance of buildings and places of public entertainment; and

        (e)     to prescribe requirements for the design and siting of single dwellings and associated buildings; and

        (f)         to prescribe standards and matters relating to the maintenance of fire safety and safety measures; and

        (g)     to prescribe requirements for swimming pool and spa safety; and

        (h)     to prescribe matters in relation to the registration of cooling tower systems; and

              (i)     to provide for matters relating to the accreditation of building products, construction methods, designs, components and systems connected with building work; and

        (j)     to prescribe qualifications and provide for other matters relating to registration of building practitioners; and

        (k)     to prescribe fees in respect of matters before the Building Appeals Board, the Building Practitioners Board and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee; and

        (l)     to provide for other matters for the purposes of the Building Act 1993 .