Regulation 43 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

43.     Interpretation

In this Part –

other prescribed features or measures means any features or measures which are required to be provided in, or associated with, a building and are required by the Director to be maintained and which relate to the following:

(a) access for persons with a disability;

(b) energy efficiency;

(c) water efficiency;

(d) the safety of occupants of a building in case of bushfire, flood, landslip or coastal inundation;

prescribed essential safety and health feature means –

(a) any safety and health feature which is required to be provided in, or associated with, a building and which is required by the Director to be maintained and which relates to the following:

(i) building fire integrity;

(ii) means of egress;

(iii) signs;

(iv) lighting;

(v) fire-fighting services and equipment;

(vi) air-handling systems;

(vii) automatic fire detection and alarm systems;

(viii) occupant warning systems;

(ix) lifts;

(x) standby power supply systems;

(xi) natural or mechanical ventilation;

(xii) hot water, warm water and cooling water systems;

(xiii) other features required in a building including barriers, fencing and glazed assemblies;

(xiv) any other feature provided in a building, or provided as a result of an alternative solution, which is designated by the relevant building surveyor as an essential safety and health feature;

(xv) any other feature designated as an essential safety and health feature in accordance with any building regulations in force at the time the work is performed; and

(b) any plumbing features which are required to be provided in, or associated with, a building and which are required by the Director to be maintained in accordance with the Plumbing Regulations 2004 and which relate to the following:

(i) an on-site waste water management system;

(ii) a testable backflow prevention device;

(iii) a thermostatic mixing valve or tempering valve installed in an early childhood centre, primary or secondary school, hospital, nursing home, or similar facility for young, elderly, sick or disabled people;

(iv) on-site liquid trade waste pre-treatment equipment;

(v) any other plumbing feature provided in a building, or provided as an alternative solution, which is designated by the Permit Authority – Plumbing as an essential safety and health feature;

prescribed essential safety and health measure means any safety and health measure which is required to be provided in, or associated with, a building and which is required by the Director to be maintained and which relates to the following:

(a) building clearance and fire appliance access;

(b) building use and application;

(c) emergency evacuation procedures;

(d) any other measure provided in a building, or provided as an alternative solution, which is designated by the relevant building surveyor as an essential safety and health measure;

(e) any other plumbing measure provided in a building, or provided as an alternative solution, which is designated by the Permit Authority – Plumbing as an essential safety and health measure;

(f) any other measure designated as an essential safety and health measure in accordance with any building regulations in force at the time the work is performed;

prescribed features and measures means –

(a) prescribed essential safety and health features; and

(b) prescribed essential safety and health measures; and

(c) other prescribed features or measures.