State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022
2Standards for BASIX development and BASIX optional development
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2 Standards for BASIX development and BASIX optional development
2.1 Standards for BASIX development and BASIX optional development
(1) Schedule 1 sets out the standards that apply to BASIX development referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of BASIX development in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021.
(2) Schedule 2 sets out the standards that apply to—
(a) BASIX development referred to in paragraph (c) or (d) of the definition of BASIX development in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021, and
(b) BASIX optional development if the development application or the application for a complying development certificate was accompanied by a BASIX certificate.
(2A) The standards that apply to BASIX development the subject of an amended BASIX certificate are—
(a) if the BASIX development is the subject of a development application or application for a complying development certificate that has been lodged—the standards that applied to the development when the original BASIX certificate was issued, or
(b) otherwise—the standards specified in subsections (1) or (2).
(3) The standard specified in Schedule 2, section 4 extends to a swimming pool or spa that has a capacity of less than 40,000L if the swimming pool or spa is part of development referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of BASIX development in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021.
(4) A standard specified in Schedule 1 or 2 does not apply to development involving a heritage item or in a heritage conservation area to the extent that the Planning Secretary is satisfied that the development is not capable of achieving a standard because of other development controls that apply.
(5) Development consent must not be granted to development to which the standards specified in Schedule 1 apply unless the consent authority is satisfied the embodied emissions attributable to the development have been quantified using an approved BASIX system.
s 2.1: Am 2025 (599), Sch 1[1]–[3].