27Required report from Chief Officer for certificates of likely compliance (permit building work)

27 Required report from Chief Officer for certificates of likely compliance (permit building work)

(1)  For the purposes of section 131 of the Act, a report is required from the Chief Officer in relation to a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) if the permit building work proposed to be performed under that certificate –

(a) requires, under the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the National Construction Code, any fire safety requirements; or

(b) is to include any fire safety requirements.

(1A)  [Regulation 27 Subregulation (1A) inserted by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017] Subregulation (1) does not apply in respect of proposed permit building work that is determined by the Director of Building Control to be minor in nature.

(2)  Despite subregulation (1) , a report of the Chief Officer is not required in relation to a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) if the only fire safety requirements required, or included, as part of the proposed permit building work are one or more of the following:

(a) the relocation of hose reels to within 4 metres of an existing exit;

(b) the relocation of existing, or the addition of further, sprinkler heads to suit minor changes in partition or wall layout;

(c) any of the following aspects of a fire detection and alarm system:

(i) the relocation, or replacement, of a fire indicator panel to within a foyer or main entrance to a building;

(ii) the relocation, or replacement, of a warning device to suit minor changes in partition or wall layout;

(iii) the relocation of existing, or the addition of further, heat or smoke detectors to suit minor changes in partition or wall layout;

(d) the relocation of operational controls and indicators for a smoke-control air-handling system to within a foyer or main entrance to a building;

(e) the relocation of the fireman's lift controls to within the lift or lift lobby of a building;