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Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021
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#### 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—
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> > > (a) during the installation or maintenance of services in relation to building work, or
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> > > (b) at another time during the building work.
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> > Note—
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> > 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.
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> > (2) In this clause—
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> > fire resisting regulated design means a regulated design that includes—
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> > > (a) a building element that is required to have a fire-resistance level under the Building Code of Australia, or
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> > > (b) a floor or ceiling that is required to have resistance to the incipient spread of fire under the Building Code of Australia.