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#### 13 Security
13 Security
> > (1) Fencing or surveillance systems appropriate to the nature and location of the building, work or relic must be installed to secure it and its site and prevent vandalism.
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> > (2) The following systems or components, if present, must be maintained and repaired to the standard necessary to ensure a reasonable level of security for the building, work or relic—
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> > > (a) boundary and internal fences and gates, including associated locking mechanisms,
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> > > (b) in the case of a building, the walls, roof and other building elements, doors, windows and other closures, including glazing and associated locking and latching mechanisms,
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> > > (c) any electronic surveillance or alarm system installed on the site,
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> > > (d) any other system or component designed to ensure the security of the building, work or relic.
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> > (3) Doors and windows of a building may, as an alternative to being repaired, be boarded up, but only—
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> > > (a) if the building is unoccupied, or
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> > > (b) as a short term measure pending repair.
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> > (4) If an opening to a building is designed or intended to have a door, window or other closure in place and does not have the door, window or other closure in place, the opening must be boarded up.