Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008
sec.84Evacuation practice in continuously occupied budget accommodation buildings
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sec.84 Evacuation practice in continuously occupied budget accommodation buildings
This section applies if— the occupier of a budget accommodation building occupied the building immediately before the commencement and has continued to occupy the building since the commencement; and the use of the building, including its classification under the Building Code of Australia, has not changed since the commencement. The occupier must ensure that an evacuation of the building under the building’s fire and evacuation plan is carried out— if a former evacuation of the building was carried out within 1 year immediately before the commencement—within 1 year after the day the former evacuation was carried out; or otherwise—within 3 months after the commencement. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. In this section— former evacuation means an evacuation under section 13A(1) of the repealed regulation. (sec.84-ssec.1) This section applies if— the occupier of a budget accommodation building occupied the building immediately before the commencement and has continued to occupy the building since the commencement; and the use of the building, including its classification under the Building Code of Australia, has not changed since the commencement. (sec.84-ssec.2) The occupier must ensure that an evacuation of the building under the building’s fire and evacuation plan is carried out— if a former evacuation of the building was carried out within 1 year immediately before the commencement—within 1 year after the day the former evacuation was carried out; or otherwise—within 3 months after the commencement. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.84-ssec.3) In this section— former evacuation means an evacuation under section 13A(1) of the repealed regulation.
- (a) the occupier of a budget accommodation building occupied the building immediately before the commencement and has continued to occupy the building since the commencement; and
- (b) the use of the building, including its classification under the Building Code of Australia, has not changed since the commencement.
- (a) if a former evacuation of the building was carried out within 1 year immediately before the commencement—within 1 year after the day the former evacuation was carried out; or
- (b) otherwise—within 3 months after the commencement.