Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008
sec.16Limits on the number of persons in a building
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sec.16 Limits on the number of persons in a building
The occupier of a building must ensure that the number of persons in the building at any 1 time is not more than the maximum number that may be accommodated under— for a budget accommodation building to which the Building Act 1975 , chapter 7 , part 3 applies—the Queensland Development Code, MP 2.1, performance criteria P3 and acceptable solution A3; or for a building used for conducting a residential service—the Queensland Development Code, MP 5.7, items P3, A3, P4 and A4; or otherwise—the Building Code of Australia, part D2D18. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. Also, the occupier of a building must ensure that the number of persons in the building at any 1 time is not more than the maximum number that allows compliance with the Building Code of Australia, parts D2D8(2), (3) and (4) and D2D11. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. s 16 amd 2025 SL No. 53 s 4 (sec.16-ssec.1) The occupier of a building must ensure that the number of persons in the building at any 1 time is not more than the maximum number that may be accommodated under— for a budget accommodation building to which the Building Act 1975 , chapter 7 , part 3 applies—the Queensland Development Code, MP 2.1, performance criteria P3 and acceptable solution A3; or for a building used for conducting a residential service—the Queensland Development Code, MP 5.7, items P3, A3, P4 and A4; or otherwise—the Building Code of Australia, part D2D18. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.16-ssec.2) Also, the occupier of a building must ensure that the number of persons in the building at any 1 time is not more than the maximum number that allows compliance with the Building Code of Australia, parts D2D8(2), (3) and (4) and D2D11. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
- (a) for a budget accommodation building to which the Building Act 1975 , chapter 7 , part 3 applies—the Queensland Development Code, MP 2.1, performance criteria P3 and acceptable solution A3; or
- (b) for a building used for conducting a residential service—the Queensland Development Code, MP 5.7, items P3, A3, P4 and A4; or
- (c) otherwise—the Building Code of Australia, part D2D18.