Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021
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123 Fire safety requirements
123 Fire safety requirements
(1) An application for a complying development certificate for development involving a change of use of a building must be accompanied by—
(a) a list of the Category 1 fire safety provisions that currently apply to the existing building, and
(b) a list of the Category 1 fire safety provisions that will apply to the building after the change of use.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a) a dwelling house, or
(b) a building or structure that is ancillary to a dwelling house, or
(c) a temporary structure.
(3) An application for a complying development certificate for development that involves building work must be accompanied by—
(a) a list of the existing fire safety measures provided in relation to the land or an existing building on the land, and
(b) a list of the fire safety measures to be provided in relation to the land and buildings on the land as a consequence of the building work.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to work in relation to—
(a) a dwelling house, or
(b) a building or structure that is ancillary to a dwelling house.
(5) An application for a complying development certificate for fire alarm communication link works must be accompanied by—
(a) a plan that indicates the location of the new fire alarm communication link and associated works, and
(b) a document that describes the design, construction and mode of operation of the new fire alarm communication link and associated works.
(6) An application for a complying development certificate for an alteration to a hydraulic fire safety system must be accompanied by—
(a) a plan that indicates the location of the alteration and associated works, and
(b) a document that describes—
(i) the required pressure and flow characteristics of the hydraulic fire safety system that will be altered, and