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Building Act 2004
Div 81 Building code and recognised standards
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Division 8.1 Building code and recognised standards
(4) The Australian Capital Territory Appendix to the Building Code of
Australia is a disallowable instrument.
(5) The regulations may make provision in relation to the application of
the building code.
1 prescribe an area to be a bushfire-prone area
2 A new edition of the Building Code of Australia comes into effect on
1 May 2013. A regulation provides that stated provisions of the BCA come
into effect in the ACT on 1 January 2014.
Note The Australian Capital Territory Appendix to the Building Code of
Australia may also amend the date the BCA comes into effect in the ACT.