78Fire safety schedules

#### 78 Fire safety schedules 78 Fire safety schedules > > (1) This section applies to a person who— > > > > > (a) grants a development consent for a change of building use, other than by a complying development certificate, if building work is not— > > > > > > > (i) proposed by the applicant for the consent, or > > > > > > > (ii) required by the consent authority, or > > > > > (b) issues a complying development certificate for the erection of a building or a change of building use, or > > > > > (c) issues a construction certificate for building work, or > > > > > (d) gives a relevant order or accepts an undertaking in relation to premises. > > > (2) A person must— > > > > > (a) issue a schedule (a fire safety schedule)— > > > > > > > (i) in the approved form, and > > > > > > > (ii) containing the matters specified in section 79, and > > > > > (b) ensure the requirements of this section relating to the fire safety schedule are complied with. > > > > Maximum penalty (subsection (2))— > > > > > (a) for a corporation—300 penalty units, or > > > > > (b) for an individual—150 penalty units. > > > (3) For a relevant order in relation to which a further order is made under the Act, Schedule 5, clause 1, the fire safety schedule must be issued when the further order is made. > > > (4) A fire safety schedule is not required to be issued if— > > > > > (a) the work for which a complying development certificate or construction certificate will be issued relates only to— > > > > > > > (i) an alteration to a hydraulic fire safety system, or > > > > > > > (ii) the installation of a fixed on-site pumpset and the construction of a new external pumphouse to accommodate the pumpset, and > > > > > (b) the carrying out of the work will not result in a permanent reduction of the fire protection provided by the existing hydraulic fire safety system that will be the subject of the work, and > > > > > (c) there is notice of past, current or proposed action by or on behalf of a water utility to— > > > > > > > (i) install mains pressure reduction capability, or > > > > > > > (ii) implement mains pressure reduction. > > > (5) A copy of the fire safety schedule must be attached to the relevant development consent, construction certificate, relevant order or undertaking. > > > (6) The attached fire safety schedule is taken to form part of the development consent, construction certificate, relevant order or undertaking. > > > (7) An earlier fire safety schedule is superseded by a later fire safety schedule and ceases to have effect when the later fire safety schedule is issued. > > > (8) In this section— > > > > approved form includes a form approved by the Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service. > > > > Note— > > > > This definition of approved form supplements the definition in the Dictionary. > > **s 78:** Am 2022 (788), Sch 1\[18\] \[19\]; 2025 (17), Sch 1\[9\]–\[11\].