Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 NO. 160

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents
           Part 1--Preliminary
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Main objects of regulation
           Part 2--Means of escape from buildings
           Division 1--Interpretation
   5.      Meaning of evacuation route
   6.      Meaning of common area
           Division 2 Keeping evacuation routes free from obstruction--general
   7.      Person not to obstruct an evacuation route
   8.      Occupier not to allow evacuation route to be obstructed
   9.      Occupier not to allow final exit of adjoining building to be obstructed
           Division 3 Keeping evacuation routes free from obstruction--locking doors
   10.     Meaning of locking a door
   11.     General obligations about locking doors
   12.     Locking doors—children in child care centres or persons in custody
           Division 4 Keeping evacuation routes free from obstruction--air space
   13.     Evacuation routes to be kept isolated
           Part 3--Occupancy limits for buildings
   14.     Meaning of occupancy safety factors
   15.     General obligation about the number of persons in a building
   16.     Limits on the number of persons in a building
           Part 4--Evacuation planning, instruction and practice
           Division 1--Preliminary
           Subdivision 1--Interpretation
   17.     Meaning of evacuation coordination procedures
   18.     Meaning of evacuation diagram
   19.     Meaning of person with special needs
           Subdivision 2--Application of particular divisions
   20.     Application of divs 2, 3, 5 and 6
           Division 2--Fire and evacuation plans
           Subdivision 1--Keeping fire and evacuation plans in specified form
   21.     General requirements
   22.     Requirements for managing entities
   23.     Requirements for secondary occupiers
   24.     Fire and evacuation plan to include and reflect fire safety management procedure
   25.     Relevant approval documents to be obtained and kept with fire and evacuation plan
           Subdivision 2--Other matters relating to keeping fire and evacuation plans
   26.     Accessing a fire and evacuation plan
   27.     Changing a fire and evacuation plan
   28.     Reviewing a fire and evacuation plan
           Division 3--Evacuation signs and diagrams
   29.     References to an evacuation sign
   30.     Evacuation signs and diagrams to be displayed
           Division 4 Instructions for prescribed persons--Fire Service Act, s 104E
   31.     Prescribed time and period for prescribed persons
           Division 5 Fire and evacuation instructions--buildings used for temporary events
   32.     Fire and evacuation instructions
           Division 6 Fire and evacuation instructions--other buildings
           Subdivision 1--Preliminary
   33.     Application of div 6
           Subdivision 2--Fire safety advisers
   34.     Appointment of fire safety advisers for high occupancy buildings
           Subdivision 3--General evacuation instructions
   35.     General evacuation instructions
           Subdivision 4--First-response evacuation instructions
   36.     General requirements
   37.     Additional requirement for high occupancy buildings
           Subdivision 5--Evacuation coordination instructions
   38.     General requirements
   39.     Requirements for instructing new persons
   40.     Requirements for new occupiers
   41.     Additional requirements for high occupancy buildings
   42.     Compliance by occupiers of particular low occupancy buildings
           Division 7--Evacuation practice
   43.     Evacuation practice—budget accommodation buildings
   44.     Evacuation practice—other buildings
           Division 8--Records
   45.     Fire and evacuation instruction record
   46.     Evacuation practice record
           Division 9--Obligation of owners of accommodation units
   47.     Meaning of accommodation unit
   48.     Signs to be displayed in accommodation units
           Part 5--Prescribed fire safety installations
           Division 1--Definition for pt 5
   49.     Meaning of critical defect
           Division 2--Obligations of persons maintaining prescribed fire safety installations
   50.     Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations—relevant current AS
   51.     Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations—relevant former AS
   52.     Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations—no relevant or appropriate AS
   53.     Notifying critical defects
           Division 3--Obligations of occupiers
   54.     Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations
   55.     Keeping record of maintenance
           Part 6--Fees for assessment and inspection of required special fire services
           Division 1--Preliminary
   56.     Meaning of special fire service fee
   57.     Payment of fees and costs for assessment services
           Division 2 Assessment and inspection of required special fire services--no fire engineering brief
   58.     Application of div 2
   59.     Base fee for stated building work involving fitting out
   60.     Fees for assessing and inspecting required special fire services for other stated building work
           Division 3 Assessment and inspection of required special fire services--fire engineering brief
   61.     Application of div 3
   62.     Fees for assessing and inspecting required special fire services
   63.     Minor performance meeting fee
   64.     Costs for attending fire engineering brief meetings—travel and accommodation
           Division 4--Other fees for assessment and inspection of required special fire services
   65.     Reassessment fee for amended plans
   66.     Fee for interim inspection of required special fire service
   67.     Fee for inspection of required special fire service for temporary building
   68.     Fee for additional inspection of required special fire service
   69.     Fee for inspection of special fire service for approving BCA classification change
           Part 7--Miscellaneous
           Division 1--Documents
   70.     False or misleading documents
   71.     Keeping plans and other particular documents
   72.     Retention and transfer of prescribed documents
           Division 2--Fees
   73.     Fee for an objection—Fire Service Act, s 104SB
   74.     Preliminary meeting fee for proposed building development application
   75.     Fee for fire safety report for a building
           Part 8--Repeal
   76.     Repeal of regulations
           Part 9--Transitional provisions
           Division 1--Preliminary
   77.     Definitions for pt 9
           Division 2--Evacuation planning, instruction and practice
           Subdivision 1--Fire and evacuation plans and instructions
   78.     Application of sdiv 1
   79.     Compliance with particular requirements about fire and evacuation plans
   80.     Relevant former instructions may be given instead of general evacuation instructions
   81.     Relevant former instructions may be given instead of first-response evacuation instructions
   82.     Relevant former instructions may be given instead of evacuation coordination instructions
           Subdivision 2--Fire safety advisers
   83.     Compliance with particular requirements about fire safety advisers
           Subdivision 3--Evacuation practice for particular buildings
   84.     Evacuation practice in continuously occupied budget accommodation buildings
           Division 3--Maintenance of prescribed fire safety installations
   85.     Particular persons taken to be appropriately qualified persons
           Division 4--Records
   86.     Keeping former records
           Division 5--Fees for assessment and inspection of special fire services
   87.     Relevant former reassessment fee
   88.     Relevant former reinspection fee
   89.     Relevant former alternative solution fee
   90.     Fire engineering brief meeting fee
           Part 10--Amendment of regulations
           Division 1--Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Regulation 2003
   91.     Regulation amended in div 1
   92.     Amendment of sch 2 (Classes of licences and licence requirements)
   93.     Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
           Division 2--Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000
   94.     Regulation amended in div 2
   95.     Amendment of sch 5 (Other legislation)
           SCHEDULE 1 -- RELEVANT AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS FOR MAINTENANCE OF PARTICULAR PRESCRIBED FIRE SAFETY INSTALLATIONS
           SCHEDULE 2 -- FEES FOR ASSESSMENT AND INSPECTION OF REQUIRED SPECIAL FIRE SERVICES
           SCHEDULE 3 -- DICTIONARY