sec.147ZOwner must install smoke alarm

sec.147Z Owner must install smoke alarm

This section applies to a domestic dwelling if— an application for a building development approval is made after 31 December 2016; and the building work to which the application relates is a substantial renovation; and a final inspection certificate or certificate of occupancy is issued for the building work. This section also applies to a domestic dwelling if, after 31 December 2021— the owner of the residential land on which the dwelling is constructed enters into an agreement to transfer the land to another person; or a new tenancy for the dwelling starts or an existing tenancy for the dwelling is renewed. The owner of a domestic dwelling must install smoke alarms in the dwelling in compliance with this section. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. A smoke alarm must be installed in each place in the domestic dwelling required by a regulation. Each smoke alarm must— be powered in a way prescribed by regulation; and comply with other requirements prescribed by regulation; and have been manufactured less than 10 years before the smoke alarm is installed; and operate when tested; and be interconnected to every other smoke alarm installed in the domestic dwelling. A smoke alarm (the first smoke alarm ) is interconnected to another smoke alarm if— the first smoke alarm sounds an alert if the other smoke alarm is activated because its sensor detects smoke; and the other smoke alarm sounds an alert if the first smoke alarm is activated because its sensor detects smoke. Subsections (1) and (2) and this subsection expire on 31 December 2026. Building work is a substantial renovation if— the building work is carried out under a building development approval for alterations to an existing building or structure; and the alterations, and any previous structural alterations approved or completed in the previous 3 years, represent more than half of the volume of the existing building or structure, measured over its roof and external walls. In this section— building development approval see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 . building work see the Building Act 1975 , section 5 . certificate of occupancy see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 . final inspection certificate see the Building Act 1975 , section 10 (d) (ii) . s 147Z (prev s 104RBA) ins 2016 No. 45 s 7 amd 2020 No. 24 s 153 s ch 1 pt 2 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 56 (2) (1)–(2) and (7) exp 31 December 2026 (see s 147Z(7)) (sec.147Z-ssec.1) This section applies to a domestic dwelling if— an application for a building development approval is made after 31 December 2016; and the building work to which the application relates is a substantial renovation; and a final inspection certificate or certificate of occupancy is issued for the building work. (sec.147Z-ssec.2) This section also applies to a domestic dwelling if, after 31 December 2021— the owner of the residential land on which the dwelling is constructed enters into an agreement to transfer the land to another person; or a new tenancy for the dwelling starts or an existing tenancy for the dwelling is renewed. (sec.147Z-ssec.3) The owner of a domestic dwelling must install smoke alarms in the dwelling in compliance with this section. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. (sec.147Z-ssec.4) A smoke alarm must be installed in each place in the domestic dwelling required by a regulation. (sec.147Z-ssec.5) Each smoke alarm must— be powered in a way prescribed by regulation; and comply with other requirements prescribed by regulation; and have been manufactured less than 10 years before the smoke alarm is installed; and operate when tested; and be interconnected to every other smoke alarm installed in the domestic dwelling. (sec.147Z-ssec.6) A smoke alarm (the first smoke alarm ) is interconnected to another smoke alarm if— the first smoke alarm sounds an alert if the other smoke alarm is activated because its sensor detects smoke; and the other smoke alarm sounds an alert if the first smoke alarm is activated because its sensor detects smoke. (sec.147Z-ssec.7) Subsections (1) and (2) and this subsection expire on 31 December 2026. (sec.147Z-ssec.8) Building work is a substantial renovation if— the building work is carried out under a building development approval for alterations to an existing building or structure; and the alterations, and any previous structural alterations approved or completed in the previous 3 years, represent more than half of the volume of the existing building or structure, measured over its roof and external walls. (sec.147Z-ssec.9) In this section— building development approval see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 . building work see the Building Act 1975 , section 5 . certificate of occupancy see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 . final inspection certificate see the Building Act 1975 , section 10 (d) (ii) .