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82A Livable housing design and National Construction Code
[Regulation 82A Inserted by S.R. 2024, No. 54, Applied:27 Sep 2024]
(1) In this regulation –
livable housing design determination means a determination, as in effect from time to time, made by the Director of Building Control in respect of livable housing design standards for work performed in respect of buildings or structures.
(2) For the purposes of the Act, a building, or work, is taken to comply with the requirements of Part H8 of the National Construction Code if the building, or work, satisfies the requirements, relevant to that building, or work, set out in the livable housing design determination.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, Part H8 of the NCC does not apply to a building, or work, that meets the requirements of this regulation.