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Building Act 1975
sec.231Owner’s fire safety record-keeping obligation
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### sec.231 Owner’s fire safety record-keeping obligation
The owner of a budget accommodation building to which section 228 applies must, as required under this section, keep complete and accurate records for the building showing the owner is complying with the fire safety standard.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
The records must include—
if the building work for the building involved a performance solution for performance requirements under the BCA—the records required under the performance solution; and
if the local government imposes conditions on an approval given under section 221 (3) —details of how the building complies with the conditions.
The records must be kept until the building is demolished or removed, unless the owner has a reasonable excuse.
s 231 ins 2006 No. 36 s 24
amd 2006 No. 59 s 24 ; 2020 No. 24 s 153 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.231-ssec.1) The owner of a budget accommodation building to which section 228 applies must, as required under this section, keep complete and accurate records for the building showing the owner is complying with the fire safety standard. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.231-ssec.2) The records must include— if the building work for the building involved a performance solution for performance requirements under the BCA—the records required under the performance solution; and if the local government imposes conditions on an approval given under section 221 (3) —details of how the building complies with the conditions.
(sec.231-ssec.3) The records must be kept until the building is demolished or removed, unless the owner has a reasonable excuse.
- (a) if the building work for the building involved a performance solution for performance requirements under the BCA—the records required under the performance solution; and
- (b) if the local government imposes conditions on an approval given under section 221 (3) —details of how the building complies with the conditions.