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Building Control Act 1989 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Disability and Other Performance Requirements for Buildings

22D. Interpretation of this Part

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2026. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —

“building” does not include a temporary building;

“performance requirement” means a performance requirement in the building regulations that —

(a)

is to facilitate the access to, and use of, a building and its facilities by persons with disabilities; or

(b)

is prescribed in the building regulations for the purposes of this Part;

“person with disability” means an individual who has an impairment of hearing or sight, or an impairment which limits his or her ability to walk, or which restricts him or her to using a wheelchair;

“physical feature”, in relation to a building, includes the following physical features (permanent or temporary):

(a)

any feature arising from the design or construction of the building;

(b)

any feature of any approach to, exit from or access to such a building;

(c)

any fixtures, fittings or facility in or on the premises of the building; or

(d)

any other physical element or quality of the land on which the building stands.

(2)

A physical feature of a building satisfies the relevant performance requirement for the purposes of this Part where the physical feature is constructed or installed in or in connection with the building in accordance with the performance requirement that —

(a)

is relevant in relation to that physical feature; and

(b)

is in effect at the following time:

(i)

the day upon which the works to construct or install the physical feature started; or

(ii)

in the case of a physical feature provided as part of building works to which Part 2 applies, the day a certificate of statutory completion is issued in respect of the building on the completion of those building works.

(3)

To avoid doubt, this Part applies to the physical features of any building, whether constructed before, on or after 15 February 2008.

Terms defined in this Act

building
Defined · s 2
“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes —(a)a hut, shed or roofed enclosure;(b)an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary;(c)a dock, wharf or jetty;(ca)a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that —(i)is or is to be supported by water;(ii)is not intended for or useable in navigation; and(iii)is or is to be permanently moored;(d)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel;(da)a fixed installation;(e)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non‑proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product;(f)a shelter provided under the Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997; and(g)such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
Open s 2
building regulations
Defined · s 2
“building regulations” means any regulations made under section 49;
Open s 2
building works
Defined · s 2
“building works” means —(a)the erection, extension or demolition of a building;(b)the alteration, addition or repair of a building;(c)the provision, extension or alteration of any air conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building,and includes any fixed installation works, and any site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
Open s 2
certificate of statutory completion
Defined · s 2
“certificate of statutory completion” means a certificate of statutory completion issued under section 12;
Open s 2
premises
Defined · s 2
“premises” includes buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure;
Open s 2
prescribed
Defined · s 29A
“prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations made under section 29L.
Open s 29A
temporary building
Defined · s 2
“temporary building” means —(a)any building or structure not more than 2 storeys high constructed of short‑lived materials;(b)any other building or structure not more than 2 storeys high permitted to be used by the competent authority or Commissioner of Building Control for a period not exceeding 36 months, or any other period that may be prescribed (if prescribed) in the building regulations;(c)any building used as workers’ quarters, a site office, a show‑flat or show‑house, a builder’s shed, store or other shed required in connection with any building works for a permanent building; or(d)any structure used only for the outdoor display of an advertisement or signboard,but does not include any bridge, any decking for a bridge, or any earth retaining structure;
Open s 2

Report

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Part 3B

Environmental Sustainability Measures for Existing Buildings

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Part 4

Dangerous Buildings and Occurrences

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Part 4A

Maintenance of Buildings

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Part 5

Inspection of Buildings and Building Façades

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Part 5A

Licensing of Builders

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Part 5B

Regulating Fixed Installation Contractors

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Part 6

Miscellaneous

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