Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021
5Form and content of regulated designs involving performance solutions
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5 Form and content of regulated designs involving performance solutions
5 Form and content of regulated designs involving performance solutions
(1) For the purposes of section 5(2) of the Act, a regulated design that is prepared for a performance solution for building work, including a building element, must be in the form of a report that includes the following—
(a) relevant plans that show, or specifications that describe, the physical elements of the performance solution, if any,
(b) a description and justification of the performance solution, including—
(i) the acceptance criteria and parameters on which the justification is based, and
(ii) a description of the physical elements of the performance solution, and
(iii) restrictions or conditions of the performance solution, and
(iv) a copy of the brief on which the justification of the performance solution is based,
(c) a statement that the performance solution complies with the relevant performance requirements of the Building Code of Australia,
(d) information that identifies the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia being varied, where relevant.
(2) A report for a regulated design that is prepared for a performance solution must comply with the applicable evidence requirements for the design specified in the Building Code of Australia, Volume 1, A2G2.
(3) In this clause—
deemed-to-satisfy provisions has the same meaning as in the Building Code of Australia.
cl 5: Am 2023 (71), Sch 1.2[1].