50Work performed in relevant hazard areas

50 Work performed in relevant hazard areas

(1)  For the purposes of this Part other than regulation 49 , a person is not taken to perform work on land within a relevant hazard area if the work solely involves –

(a) an addition or alteration to a building, if the addition or alteration –

(i) does not increase the gross floor area of the building by more than the area specified in a determination for the relevant hazard area; and

(ii) complies with each additional requirement, that is relevant for the addition or alteration, specified in a determination for the relevant hazard area; or

(b) an internal alteration to an existing building if the alteration does not affect –

(i) the structural adequacy of the building; or

(ii) a structural member or a structural system of the building; or

(c) a repair to, or maintenance of, an existing building that involves similar materials, equipment and components to those being repaired or maintained; or

(d) low-risk work, unless the low-risk work is specified in this Part, or in a determination for a relevant hazard area, as low-risk work to which this Part applies; or

(e) notifiable work, unless the notifiable work is specified in this Part, or in a determination for a relevant hazard area, as notifiable work to which this Part applies; or

(f) in relation to bushfire-prone areas, work performed on land that is the subject of a specified certificate; or

(g) work specified in a determination for a relevant hazard area as work to which this Part does not apply.

(2)  Despite subregulation (1) , work referred to in that subregulation does not include significant work, within the meaning of regulation 61 or 63 , which is always work performed in a hazard area.

(3)  Despite subregulation (1) , work referred to in that subregulation is work performed in a hazardous area for the purposes of the Act.