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Notice of Direction 2025/1.0 Amended fees and charges
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The intent of this notice is to advise of changes to the fees and charges contained in the Approved Certifier Agreements in relation to the WaterMark Certification Scheme.

2025-1.0 NoD - Amended fees and charges_0.pdf (124.14 KB)
Notice of Direction 2016/3.1 Amended fees and charges
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The intent of this Notice of Direction is to advise of changes to the fees and charges contained in the Approved Certifier Agreements in relation to the WaterMark Certification Scheme.

NoD-2016-3-1-amended-fees-and-charges.pdf (131.54 KB)
Code of conduct for fire safety engineers
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Recommendation 8 - The model Code of conduct for fire safety engineers, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out minimum obligations for registered practitioners.

BCR-Rec8-Code-of-conduct-for-fire-safety-engineers.pdf (879.89 KB)
Livable Housing Design Standard
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This Standard provides a set of technical provisions that if complied with enable dwellings to better meet the needs of the community, including older people and people with mobility limitations.

Livable-Housing-Design-Standard-2022-1.3.pdf (2.05 MB)
Fire authorities in the building approval process
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Recommendation 8 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures to improve the engagement of fire authorities in the building approval process.

BCR-Rec8-Fire-authorities-building-approval-process.pdf (1.1 MB)
Fire safety systems
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Recommendation 19 - This model guidance, developed for state and territory consideration and implementation, sets out principles and proposed legislative measures to regulate the installation, commissioning and certification of fire safety systems.

BCR-rec19-Fire-safety-systems.pdf (880 KB)
NCC Provision A2.2(4) and CodeMark Certificates
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NCC provision A2.2(4) took effect on 1 July 2021. It sets out the formal process and documentation requirements for the development of Performance Solutions, including the preparation of a Performance Based Design Brief (PBDB).

WMTS-101:2025 Appliances and commercial catering equipment
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This Technical Specification sets out minimum product requirements for appliances and commercial catering equipment connected to the water service and/or sanitary plumbing piping. Appliances covered by this Technical Specification are listed on the…

WMTS-101-2025 1.pdf (421.65 KB)
Lead in Plumbing Products - Implementation Plan
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This Implementation Plan is a roadmap for the national transition to low lead plumbing products through NCC 2022. The plan sets out the key milestones and review points for installation and enforcement, and has been developed in consultation with…

Lead-in-Plumbing-Products_Implementation-plan.pdf (1.3 MB)
EV charging - Making it easy. Making it safe.
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ABCB advisory note on EV charging

New quantified Performance Requirements
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There are new quantified Performance Requirements in NCC 2022.

Did you say AFEG or IFEG?
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Now that the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has released the Australian Fire Engineering Guidelines (AFEG), you could be mistaken in thinking its IFEG rather than AFEG.

Overview of changes – fire safety
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Here’s the key changes in fire safety for NCC 2022.

Consultation open: National Voluntary Certification Scheme for Manufacturers of Modern Methods of Construction issues paper
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The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has…Current limitations and challenges A recent…The issues paper provides context on why the…You can read the issues paper on our Consultation…
Decision RIS - Bushfire protection for certain Class 9 buildings
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In March 2022, the Board agreed to implement new bushfire provisions for certain Class 9 buildings in the NCC.

The new requirements will apply to:

- Class 9a health-care buildings;
- Class 9b early childhood centres, primary and…

Decision-RIS-Bushfire-provisions-for-certain-Class-9-buildings.pdf (571 KB)

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