Building Regulations 2016
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51 Hazard determinations
(1) For the purposes of section 20 of the Act, the Director of Building Control may make a determination in respect of a relevant hazard area.
(2) Without limiting subregulation (1) , a determination may contain the following matters:
(a) the procedures to be used to classify land that is within a relevant hazard area into any relevant hazard band;
(b) work that is not to be performed within a relevant hazard area;
(c) low-risk work, or notifiable work, to which this Part applies;
(d) low-risk work, or notifiable work, which is exempt from this Part;
(e) additional requirements for work performed, or proposed to be performed, within a relevant hazard area;
(f) additional reports, evaluations or assessments that may be required for work performed, or proposed to be performed, within a relevant hazard area including, but not limited to, the content and form of a hazard report to be prepared in respect of such work;
(g) additional requirements in respect of adjacent properties, or infrastructure or other matters, that may be affected by work performed, or proposed to be performed, within a relevant hazard area;
(h) additional qualification requirements for one or more of the following persons:
(i) a designer of work to be performed within a relevant hazard area;
(ii) a person classifying land that is within a relevant hazard area;
(iii) a person reporting, evaluating or assessing land that is within a relevant hazard area;
(iv) a person reporting, evaluating or assessing work performed, or proposed to be performed, within a relevant hazard area;
(v) any other person involved in work performed within a relevant hazard area;
(i) additional obligations on one or more of the following persons: