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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 (SR NO 38 OF 2018) - REG 145

Automatic smoke detection and alarm systems

    (1)     This regulation applies to a Class 1 or 3 building or a Class 4 part of a building or a sole-occupancy unit contained in a Class 2 building or a Class 9a building that is a residential care building that was constructed, or for which a building permit was granted, before 1 August 1997.

    (2)     A Class 1 building must have installed throughout the building—

        (a)     a smoke alarm system that complies with Part 3.7.2 of the BCA Volume Two; or

        (b)     an approved smoke alarm system powered from a mains electricity supply, if there is such a supply to the building.

    (3)     A building, other than a Class 1 building, must have installed throughout the building either one or both of the following as required by Specification E2.2a of the BCA Volume One

        (a)     a smoke alarm system that complies with clause 3 of Specification E2.2a of the BCA Volume One;

        (b)     a smoke detection system that complies with clause 4 of Specification E2.2a of the BCA Volume One.

    (4)     This regulation must be complied with by—

        (a)     in the case of a sole-occupancy unit contained in a Class 2 building, the owner of the sole-occupancy unit; or

        (b)     in any other case, the owner of the building.

    (5)     Subregulation (3) does not apply to a building in which there is installed throughout the building an approved smoke detection and alarm system that consists of either one or both of the following—

        (a)     an approved smoke alarm system powered from a mains electricity supply;

        (b)     an approved smoke detection system.

    (6)     This regulation does not apply to a Class 1a or Class 4 part of a building or a sole-occupancy unit contained in a Class 2 building that complies with regulation 707 of the Building Interim Regulations 2017 as in force immediately before its revocation.

    (7)     This regulation does not apply to a Class 1b
or 3 building or a Class 9a building that is a residential care building that complies with regulation 709 of the Building Interim Regulations 2017 as in force immediately before its revocation.



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