8Director of Building Control may make determinations

8 Director of Building Control may make determinations

For the purposes of section 20(1)(e) of the Act, the following matters are prescribed as matters in respect of which the Director of Building Control may make a determination:

(a) the design standards for work performed in respect of buildings or structures;

(b) the frequency, and means, of testing and maintaining essential building services;

(c) the frequency, and means, of performing maintenance under the Act, including –

(i) technical guidance and performance criteria for the performance of maintenance; and

(ii) the qualifications required for a person to perform certain maintenance work;

(d) circumstances where protection work must be performed;

(e) the form, content, requirements and procedures for compliance audits carried out under the Act;

(f) the form, content, requirements and procedures for certificates and reports used, and relied on, under the Act;

(g) the form, content, design and installation requirements, assessments and approvals of a unique plumbing installation;

(ga) [Regulation 8 Amended by S.R. 2017, No. 33, Applied:01 Jul 2017] the form and content of documents required under the Act, including specified documents, that are not otherwise prescribed in accordance with the Act;

(h) time periods, including specified periods, to be observed under the Act that are not otherwise prescribed in accordance with the Act;

(i) the determination of when a structure is a temporary structure, or a structure erected for a temporary use, for the purposes of the Act;

(ia) [Regulation 8 Amended by S.R. 2017, No. 104, Applied:27 Dec 2017] whether a product or material is a high risk building product for the purposes of the Act;

(ib) the accreditation, installation and use requirements for high risk building products;