Fire Services Act 1990
sec.146JInterpretation
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sec.146J Interpretation
In this part (other than division 5A ) and in schedule 1 — building means a fixed structure that is wholly or partly enclosed by walls and is roofed and includes a floating building and any part of a building but does not include— a single dwelling house, being either a detached dwelling house or a town, terrace, row, villa or like house attached to another such house or other such houses only by a wall on 1 or more of its sides; or a building treated as part of a coal mine for the purposes of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 or as part of a mine for the purposes of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 . s 146J def building amd 1999 No. 39 s 299 sch 1 ; 1999 No. 40 s 274 sch 1 ; 2006 No. 49 s 17 (2) Building Advisory Committee ... s 146J def Building Advisory Committee om 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch building certifier ... s 146J def building certifier ins 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch om 2006 No. 49 s 17 (3) Building Code of Australia ... s 146J def Building Code of Australia amd 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch om 2006 No. 49 s 17 (3) building surveyor ... s 146J def building surveyor om 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch fire safety installation means a fire safety installation within the meaning of the Building Act 1975 . s 146J def fire safety installation amd 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch ; 2006 No. 49 s 17 (4) ground level has the same meaning for the purposes of this part as the term has as defined in the Queensland Appendix to the Building Code of Australia for the purposes specified therein. IPA ... s 146J def IPA ins 2002 No. 60 s 23 sch om 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 maintain includes install or establish and maintain. prescribed fire safety installation means a prescribed fire safety installation within the meaning of section 146M . s 146J def prescribed fire safety installation amd 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 Standard Building Law ... s 146J def Standard Building Law om 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch Standard Building Regulation ... s 146J def Standard Building Regulation ins 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch om 2006 No. 49 s 17 (3) s 146J (prev s 104A) ins 1991 No. 51 s 3 0.1 amd 2006 No. 49 s 17 (1) ; 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 56 (2)
- (a) a single dwelling house, being either a detached dwelling house or a town, terrace, row, villa or like house attached to another such house or other such houses only by a wall on 1 or more of its sides; or
- (b) a building treated as part of a coal mine for the purposes of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 or as part of a mine for the purposes of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 .