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Section A General Provisions

Section A General Provisions

Part A1 Interpretation

Vary A1.1 as follows:

Vic A1.1 Definitions

Add the definition of “children’s service” as follows:

Children’s service has the same meaning as it has under the Children's Services Act 1996, but excludes a service where education and care is primarily provided to school aged children.

Substitute the definition of “early childhood centre” as follows:

Early childhood centre means—
  1. any premises, or part thereof, providing or intending to provide a centre-based education and care service within the meaning of the <std.xref>Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010</std.xref>, and the Education and Care Services National Regulations, excluding a service where education and care is primarily provided to school aged children; and
  2. a children’s service.

Substitute the definition of "flood hazard area" as follows:

Flood hazard area means the site (whether or not mapped) encompassing land in an area liable to flooding within the meaning of regulation 802 of the Building Regulations 2006.

Substitute the definition of "freeboard" as follows:

Freeboard means the minimum height of the level of the lowest floor of a building above the defined flood level, regulated by the relevant planning scheme, or specified or otherwise determined by the relevant council under Regulation 802 of the Building Regulations 2006.

Add the definition of "hotel offering shared accommodation" as follows:

Hotel offering shared accommodation means a hotel which has any sole-occupancy units that can be shared by unrelated persons.

Add the definition of “residential care building” as follows:

Residential care building means a building which is a place of residence where 10% or more of persons who reside there need physical assistance in conducting their daily activities and to evacuate the building during an emergency (including any residential care service, State funded residential care service or supported residential service as defined in the Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010 and an aged care building) but does not include—
  1. a hospital; or
  2. a dwelling in which 2 or more members of the same family and not more than 2 other persons would ordinarily be resident; or
  3. a place of residence where only one resident needs physical assistance in conducting their daily activities and to evacuate the building during an emergency.

Add the definition of “restricted children’s service” as follows:

Restricted children’s servicemeans a children's service that is—
  1. a limited hours Type 1 service; or
  2. a limited hours Type 2 service; or
  3. a short term Type 1 service; or
  4. a short term Type 2 service,
as defined in the Children’s Services Regulations 2009; or
  1. an associated children's service within the meaning of the Children's Services Act 1996 approved to be operated by an approved provider at the same place as an approved education and care service that is required to meet the conditions of a limited hours Type 1 service, a limited hours Type 2 service, a short term Type 1 service, or a short term Type 2 service.

Add the definition of “shared accommodation building” as follows:

Shared accommodation building means a Class 3 building having—
  1. more than one sole-occupancy unit of which any sole-occupancy unit has sleeping facilities capable of accommodating 3 or more unrelated persons; or
  2. sleeping facilities capable of accommodating 13 or more unrelated persons,

that is a boarding-house, chalet, guest house, lodging-house, backpacker accommodation or the like, or a residential part of a hotel offering shared accommodation but does not include a residential care building, a motel or a residential part of a school, health-care building or detention centre.

Insert in Table 1 of Specification A1.3 the following additional and revised clause references and additional documents:

Vic Specification A1.3 Standards Adopted by Reference

Vic Table 1 SCHEDULE OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

No. Date Title BCA Clause(s)
AS 1428 Design for access and mobility
Part 1 2009 General requirements for access — New building work Vic H101.4
Amdt 1
AS 1926 Swimming pool safety
Part 1 1993 Fencing for swimming pools Vic G1.1(a)
Amdt 1
Part 2 1995 Location of fencing for private swimming pools Vic G1.1(a)
AS 2118 Automatic fire sprinkler systems
Part 1 1999 General requirements Vic Spec E1.5
Amdt 1
Part 4 2012 Sprinkler protection for accommodation buildings not exceeding four storeys in height Vic Spec E1.5, Vic H103.1
Part 6 2012 Combined sprinkler and hydrant systems in multistorey buildings Vic Spec E1.5
ABCB 2012 Standard for Construction of Buildings in Flood Hazard Areas, Version 2012.2 Vic B1.6
CAMS—Track operator’s safety guide
Edition 2 June 1993 Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Vic H102.3
Residential fire safety systems
Practice Note 2008–07 May 2008 Victorian Building Authority Vic Spec E22a, Vic H103.1
Emergency communication systems
Practice Note 2014–08 May 2014 Victorian Building Authority Vic H103.1