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164 Private bushfire shelter construction requirements
Reg. 164(1) amended by S.R. Nos 40/2019 reg. 14(1), 102/2023 reg. 15(1).
(1) The BCA Volume One applies as if in Schedule 1 to that Volume, in the definition of **Private bushfire shelter**, for "Class 1a dwelling" there were substituted "Class 1 building".
(2) The BCA Volume Two applies as if—
Reg. 164(2)(a) amended by S.R. Nos 40/2019 reg. 14(2), 102/2023 reg. 15(2).
(a) in Schedule 1 to that Volume, in the definition of **Private bushfire shelter**, for "Class 1a dwelling" there were substituted "Class 1 building"; and
Reg. 164(2)(b) amended by S.R. Nos 40/2019 reg. 14(3), 102/2023 reg. 15(3).
(b) in clause H7O1(f), for "Class 1a dwelling" there were substituted "Class 1 building"; and
Reg. 164(2)(c) amended by S.R. Nos 40/2019 reg. 14(4), 102/2023 reg. 15(4).
(c) in performance requirement H7P6(e), for "associated dwelling" there were substituted "associated Class 1 building"; and
Reg. 164(2)(d) amended by S.R. Nos 40/2019 reg. 14(5), 102/2023 reg. 15(5).
(d) in the **Application** at the foot of performance requirement H7P6, after "Class 10c building" there were inserted "associated with a Class 1 building".
Reg. 165 amended by S.R. Nos 40/2019 reg. 15, 102/2023 reg. 16.