108Fire safety notices

#### 108 Fire safety notices 108 Fire safety notices > > (1) This section applies if a fire exit for a building includes a fire-isolated stairway, fire-isolated passageway or fire-isolated ramp. > > > (2) The owner of the building must ensure a fire safety notice is displayed in a prominent position adjacent to each doorway in the building that provides access to, but is not within, the fire-isolated stairway, fire-isolated passageway or fire-isolated ramp. > > > (3) The occupier of part of a building that is adjacent to a fire-isolated stairway, fire-isolated passageway or fire-isolated ramp must ensure a fire safety notice is displayed in a prominent position adjacent to each doorway in that part of the building that provides access to, but is not within, the fire-isolated stairway, fire-isolated passageway or fire-isolated ramp. > > > (4) A person must not remove, damage or otherwise interfere with a fire safety notice. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > fire-isolated passageway, fire-isolated ramp and fire-isolated stairway have the same meaning as in the Building Code of Australia. > > > > fire safety notice means— > > > > > (a) a notice in a form previously prescribed under the [Local Government Act 1919](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1919-041) or the [Local Government Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-030) for the purposes of a provision corresponding to this section, or > > > > > (b) a notice in the following form, in which the words “OFFENCE RELATING TO FIRE EXITS” are in letters at least 8 millimetres high and the other words are in letters at least 2.5 millimetres high— > > > > > > | OFFENCE RELATING TO FIRE EXITS | > > > | It is an offence under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979—(a) to place anything in or near this fire exit that may obstruct persons moving to and from the exit, or(b) to interfere with or obstruct the operation of any fire doors, or(c) to remove, damage or otherwise interfere with this notice. | > > Maximum penalty (subsections (2)–(4))— > > > (a) for a corporation—150 penalty units, or > > > (b) for an individual—75 penalty units. > > **s 108:** Am 2022 (40), Sch 2\[7\].