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What is the criteria for a swimming pool or spa barrier to comply with?
What is the definition of an 'approved' building envelope?
What is the purpose of an architectural feature in a building?
When is a building permit required for building work on a swimming pool or spa?
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What is the purpose of a building surveyor in relation to an approved building envelope?
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What is the effect of removing an architectural feature from a building?
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What is the requirement for the barrier of a swimming pool or spa when building work is carried out on the whole or part of the barrier?
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Study Notes
Table of Provisions
- The Building Regulations 2018 is divided into 5 parts: Preliminary, Building Code of Australia, Owner-builders, Building permits, and Siting, design and access requirements.
Part 1—Preliminary
- Division 1: Introduction
- Objectives of the regulations
- Authorising provisions
- Commencement
- Revocations
- Division 2: Definitions and interpretation
- Definitions of various terms used in the regulations
- Interpretation of numerical values, use of buildings, and approved forms
Part 2—Building Code of Australia
- Building Code of Australia
- Use of BCA terms
- Classification of buildings
- Relevant building surveyor determines the classification of a building
Part 3—Owner-builders
- Applications for certificates of consent
- Information to accompany the application
- Additional information required for land owned by body corporate or subject to trust
- Fee for the application
- Exemption relating to small second dwellings
- Certificates of consent
- Information included in the certificate
- Register of certificates of consent
- Publication of information kept on the register
Part 4—Building permits
- Exemptions from building permits
- Applications for building permits
- Application requirements
- Exemption from application requirements for certain building work
- Report or consent of reporting authorities
- Prescribed reporting authorities
- Prescribed matters
- Time limits for application to be given to reporting authority
- Building permits
- Issue of building permit
- Building surveyor to document determination of performance solution
- Building surveyor to provide copy of permit
- Duties of building surveyor and council
- Documents to be given to council
- Lodgement fees
- Information to be given to the Authority
- Time limits for building work and permits
- Commencement of work
- Completion of building work
- Lapsing of building permit
Part 5—Siting, design and access requirements
- Introduction
- Application of this part
- Existing buildings and single dwellings
- Approved building envelope design overrides siting requirement
- Siting requirements for single Class 1 buildings and associated Class 10a buildings
- Maximum street setback
- Minimum street setbacks
- Building height
- Site coverage
- Permeability
- Car parking
- Siting requirements for Class 10a buildings
- Siting requirements for Class 10b structures
- Front fence height
- Fence setbacks from side and rear boundaries
- Fences on or within 150 mm of side or rear boundaries
- Fences on intersecting street alignments
- Fences must not include barbed wire
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Test your knowledge of the Building Regulations 2018, incorporating amendments as at 1 May 2024. This quiz covers the preliminary provisions, objectives, and more.
