6Content of regulated designs involving fire resisting building elements

6 Content of regulated designs involving fire resisting building elements

6 Content of regulated designs involving fire resisting building elements

(1) For the purposes of section 5(2) of the Act, a fire resisting regulated design must include information, whether written, in the form of a drawing or otherwise, that explains how a fire-resistance level will be achieved and maintained in circumstances where a penetration to a building element occurs—

(a) during the installation or maintenance of services in relation to building work, or

(b) at another time during the building work.

Note—

The Building Code of Australia specifies requirements for when a service that penetrates a building element must have a particular fire-resistance level, and other requirements for service penetrations.

(2) In this clause—

fire resisting regulated design means a regulated design that includes—

(a) a building element that is required to have a fire-resistance level under the Building Code of Australia, or

(b) a floor or ceiling that is required to have resistance to the incipient spread of fire under the Building Code of Australia.