72Essential building services

72 Essential building services

(1)  For the purposes of the definition of essential building services in section 4(1) of the Act, features, or measures, that relate to the following are prescribed if the features or measures are required under the Act, or the National Construction Code, to be provided in, or associated with, a Class 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10c building:

(a) building fire integrity;

(b) means of egress;

(c) signs;

(d) lighting;

(e) fire-fighting services and equipment;

(f) air-handling systems;

(g) automatic fire detection and alarm systems;

(h) occupant warning systems;

(i) lifts;

(j) standby power supply systems;

(k) natural or mechanical ventilation;

(l) access for persons with a disability;

(m) hot water, and warm water and cooling water, systems;

(n) energy efficiency;

(o) water efficiency;

(p) the safety of occupants of premises in case of bushfire, flood, landslip or coastal inundation;

(q) building clearance and fire appliance access;

(r) building use and application;

(s) emergency evacuation procedures;

(t) on-site wastewater management systems;

(u) testable backflow prevention devices;

(v) a thermostatic mixing valve or tempering valve installed in an early childhood centre, primary or secondary school, hospital, nursing home, educational institution or similar facility for young, elderly, sick or disabled people;