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Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991
sec.30CAMeaning of fire protection work
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### sec.30CA Meaning of fire protection work
Work is fire protection work if it is any of the following work for a building or part of a building—
the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment;
the preparation of a certificate, statement or record relating to the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment;
the preparation of a certificate, statement or record stating whether fire protection equipment meets a standard, requirement or specification;
the design of fire protection equipment;
the inspection or investigation of, and the provision of advice or a report about, compliance with the Building Act 1975 or the Building Code of Australia relating to fire safety.
However, the following work is not fire protection work —
the installation, repair or maintenance of a battery-operated smoke alarm in a building that is a class 1a or 2 building under the Building Code of Australia;
work of a type prescribed by regulation not to be fire protection work.
A regulation under subsection (2) (b) may prescribe work that is the installation, restoration, repair, maintenance, certification or inspection, including testing, of fire protection equipment mentioned in schedule 2 , definition fire protection equipment , paragraph (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) only if the work is any of the following—
work of a value of no more than $1,100 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed;
work on a class 1a building of a value of no more than $11,000 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed, if the work is authorised under a fire protection occupational licence held by the owner;
certification work performed by a building certifier under the Building Act 1975 in the certifier’s professional practice;
work performed by a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 in performing a professional engineering service under that Act;
electrical work under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 relating to a fire or smoke detection system, heat or smoke alarm or another alarm system or emergency warning and communication system;
work performed by a local government or the State.
s 30CA ins 2020 No. 24 s 110A (amd 2020 No. 35 s 1B )
(sec.30CA-ssec.1) Work is fire protection work if it is any of the following work for a building or part of a building— the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment; the preparation of a certificate, statement or record relating to the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment; the preparation of a certificate, statement or record stating whether fire protection equipment meets a standard, requirement or specification; the design of fire protection equipment; the inspection or investigation of, and the provision of advice or a report about, compliance with the Building Act 1975 or the Building Code of Australia relating to fire safety.
(sec.30CA-ssec.2) However, the following work is not fire protection work — the installation, repair or maintenance of a battery-operated smoke alarm in a building that is a class 1a or 2 building under the Building Code of Australia; work of a type prescribed by regulation not to be fire protection work.
(sec.30CA-ssec.3) A regulation under subsection (2) (b) may prescribe work that is the installation, restoration, repair, maintenance, certification or inspection, including testing, of fire protection equipment mentioned in schedule 2 , definition fire protection equipment , paragraph (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) only if the work is any of the following— work of a value of no more than $1,100 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed; work on a class 1a building of a value of no more than $11,000 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed, if the work is authorised under a fire protection occupational licence held by the owner; certification work performed by a building certifier under the Building Act 1975 in the certifier’s professional practice; work performed by a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 in performing a professional engineering service under that Act; electrical work under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 relating to a fire or smoke detection system, heat or smoke alarm or another alarm system or emergency warning and communication system; work performed by a local government or the State.
- (a) the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment;
- (b) the preparation of a certificate, statement or record relating to the installation, restoration, repair or maintenance of fire protection equipment;
- (c) the preparation of a certificate, statement or record stating whether fire protection equipment meets a standard, requirement or specification;
- (d) the design of fire protection equipment;
- (e) the inspection or investigation of, and the provision of advice or a report about, compliance with the Building Act 1975 or the Building Code of Australia relating to fire safety.
- (a) the installation, repair or maintenance of a battery-operated smoke alarm in a building that is a class 1a or 2 building under the Building Code of Australia;
- (b) work of a type prescribed by regulation not to be fire protection work.
- (a) work of a value of no more than $1,100 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed;
- (b) work on a class 1a building of a value of no more than $11,000 performed personally by the owner of the land on which the work is performed, if the work is authorised under a fire protection occupational licence held by the owner;
- (c) certification work performed by a building certifier under the Building Act 1975 in the certifier’s professional practice;
- (d) work performed by a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 in performing a professional engineering service under that Act;
- (e) electrical work under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 relating to a fire or smoke detection system, heat or smoke alarm or another alarm system or emergency warning and communication system;
- (f) work performed by a local government or the State.