4. Application to building works

Terms defined in this Act

• building

  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;

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• building regulations

  building regulations

  Defined · s 2

  “building regulations” means any regulations made under section 49;

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• building works

  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);

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• fixed installation works

  fixed installation works

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  “fixed installation works” means —(a)the installation of any fixed installation;(b)the carrying out of such major alteration or replacement works as may be prescribed in respect of any fixed installation; or(c)the testing and commissioning, following the completion of any works mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), of any fixed installation;

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• insignificant building works

  insignificant building works

  Defined · s 2

  “insignificant building works” means any building works that are prescribed under section 4(d);

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• prescribed

  prescribed

  Defined · s 29A

  “prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations made under section 29L.

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• temporary building

  temporary building

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  “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;

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