NCC 2019 Volume Two
New South Wales variations

New South Wales variations

Application of New South Wales variations

This Appendix contains variations for application in New South Wales as follows:

NSW Schedule 3 Definitions

Substitute the definition of appropriate authority as follows:

Appropriate authority means the relevant authority with the responsibility to determine the particular matter.

Substitute the definition of designated bushfire prone area as follows:

Designated bushfire prone area means land that:
  1. has been designated under legislation; or
  2. has been identified under an environmental planning instrument, development control plan or in the course of processing and determining a development application,

    as land that can support a bushfire or is likely to be subject to bushfire attack.

Insert definition of Planning for Bush Fire Protection as follows:

Planning for Bush Fire Protection is as prescribed by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000.

Insert definition for spa pool as follows:

Spa pool is as defined in the Swimming Pools Act 1992

NSW Schedule 4 Schedule of referenced documents

Insert in Table 1 of Schedule 4 the following:

NSW Table 1 Schedule of referenced documents
No. Date Title Volume Two
AS 1603 Part 3 2018 Automatic fire detection and alarm systems — Heat alarms
See Note 1(b)
NSW 1.1.4
AS 1603 Part 3 1996 Automatic fire detection and alarm systems — Heat alarms
See Note 1(a)
NSW 1.1.4
NSW Legislation 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 3.10.5.0, NSW P2.6.1, NSW Part 3.12.1
NSW Legislation 2000 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation NSW Schedule 3
NSW Legislation 1992 Swimming Pools Act P2.7.1, 3.10.1.0, NSW Schedule 3
NSW Legislation 2018 Swimming Pools Regulation P2.7.1, 3.10.1.0

Notes associated with NSW Table 1 :

(1)

For AS 1603.3:

(a)

The 1996 edition has been retained for a transitional period ending on 30 April 2022.

(b)

Heat alarms complying with the 2018 edition of AS 1603.3 must be of class type A1 or A2.