Reprint as at 10 April 2012 Building Regulations 1992 (SR 1992/150) Building Regulations 1992: revoked (with regulation 3 and Schedule 1 cconfimed in force), on 31 March 2005, by regulation 8(1) of the Building (om) Regulation: 2004 (SR 204/385), Catherine A Tizard, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 8th day of June 1992 Present Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to the Building Act 1991, Her Excellency the Govemor- General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. Contents Page 1 Title end commencement [Revoked] 2 2 Interpretation [Revoked] 2 3 Building code 2 Rowe Changer authorised by section 17C of the Acts aed Regulations Publication Act 1989 TRave been made in the reprint A general outline ofthese changes i et outinthe notes atthe end ofthis reprint, together suit other explanatory matenial about this pant ‘These regulations are administered by the Department of Building and Housing, 1Ee eedMUn @ Q) @) Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Forms [Revoked] Project information memorandum [Revoked] Building consent [Revoked] ‘Notice that building work is ready for inspection [Revoked] Inspection seports by building cestifiers [Revoked] Charges by Building Industry Authority [Revoked] Tersitorial authority records [Revoked] ‘Transitional provisions and savings [Revoked] ‘Schedule 1 The building code ‘Schedule 2 12 [Revoked] Title and commencement [Revoked] ‘Regulation 1: revoked, on 31 March 2005, by regulation S(1) of the Building (Foun) Regulations 2004 (SR 204/385), Interpretation [Revoked] ‘Regulation 2: sevoked, on 31 Maich 2005, by egulation S(1) of the Bulling (ons) Regulation: 2004 SR 2004/385) Building code In accordance with Part 6 of the Act, the building code shall bbe the building code set out in Schedule 1 Except as otherwise provided by the Act, each building shall achieve the performance criteria specified in the building code for the classified use of that building, and, ifthe building has more than 1 classified use, any part of it used for more than 1 classified use shall achieve the performance criteria for each such classified use ‘The classified use or uses of a building or part of a building shall be the ones that most closely correspond to the intended use or uses of that building or part of that building ‘Regulation 3: confimed in fore, on 31 March 2005, by regulation S(2}(a) of the Building Fons) Regulation: 2004 ($R 2004/38),Reprinted as at 12Apr 2004 Building Regulations 1992 il 4 Forms [Revoked] ‘Regulation 4 revoked for all purposes, on 31 May 2006, by regulation 82)() of the Building (Foms) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/385), 5 Project information memorandum [Revoked] Regulation 5: revoked, on 3] March 2005, by regulation S(1) of the Building (Fons) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/385), 6 Building consent [Revoked] Regulation 6: revoked, on 31 March 2005, by regulation S(1) of the Building (Fonz) Regulation: 2004 (SR 204/385), 7 Notice that building work is ready for inspection [Revoked] ‘Regulation 7: revoked, on 31 March 2005, by regulation S(1) of the Building (Fonz) Regulation: 2004 (SR 204/385), 8 _ Inspection reports by building certifiers [Revoked] ‘Regulation 8: revoked, on 31 March 2005, by regulation S(1) of the Building (Foun) Regulation: 2004 (SR 204/385), 9 Charges by Building Industry Authority [Revoked] Regulation 9: revoked, on 31 March 2005, by regulation S(1) of the Building (Fonz) Regulation: 2004 (SR 204/385), 10 ‘Territorial authority records [Revoked] ‘Regulation 10: evoked, on 31 March 2005, by segulation (1) ofthe Building (Fonz) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/385), 11 Transitional provisions and savings [Revoked] ‘Regulation 11: revoked, on 3] March 2005, by segulation 81) ofthe Building (Fonz) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/385),Schedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule 1 13 The building code Table of Contents General provisions Al Classified uses AD Interpretation a3 Building importance levels Stability BL Structure B2 Durability Fire safety c1 Objectives of clauses C2 to C6 (protection from fire) c2 Prevention of fire occurring 3 Fire affecting areas beyond the fire source c4 Movement to place of safety cs Access and safety for firefighting operations 6 Structural stability Access DI Access routes D2 Mechanical installations for access Moisture El Surface water E2 Extemal moisture ES Internal moisture Safety of users FI Hazardous agents on site F2 Hazardous building materials F3 Hazardous substances and processes F4 Safety from fallingReprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 12 Apna 2004 FS F6 F7 FS Construction and demolition hazards Visibility in escape routes ‘Waming systems Signs Services and facilities Gi a Gs Gs Gs G6 G7 cs Go G10 Gu Gi2 G13 Gi4 Gis Personal hygiene Laundering Food preparation and prevention of contamination Ventilation Interior environment Airbome and impact sound Natural light Astificial light Electricity Piped services Gas as an energy source Water supplies Foul water Industrial liquid waste Solid waste Energy efficiency HI Energy efficiencyReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause Al—Classified Uses 1.0 Explanation 10.1 For the purposes of this building code buildings are classified according to type, under seven categories 1.0.2. A building with a given classified use may have one or more intended uses as defined in the Act. 2.0 Housing 20.1 Applies to buildings or use where there is self care and service Gaternal management). There are three types 20.2 Detached dwellings Applies to a building or use where a group of people live as a single household or family. Examples: a holiday cottage, boarding house accommodating fewer than 6 people, dwelling or hut 20.3 Multi-unit dwelling Applies to a building or use which contains more than one sep- arate household or family. Examples an attached dwelling, ‘flat or multi-unit apartment. 2.0.4 Group dwelling Applies to a building or use where groups of people live as one large extended family. Examples within a commune or marae 3.0 Communal residential 30.1 Applies to buildings or use where assistance or care is ex- tended to the principal users. There are two types 3.0.2 Community service Applies to a residential building or use where limited assist- ance of care is extended to the principal users. Examples: a boarding house, hall of residence, holiday cabin, backcoun- iny hut, hostel, hotel, motel, nurse's home, retirement village, time-share accommodation, a work camp, or camping ground,Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 30.3 Community care Applies to a residential building or use where a large degree of assistance or care is extended to the principal users. There are two types (® Unrestrained, where the principal users are free to come and go. Examples. a hospital, an old people's home or a health camp (&) Restrained; where the principal users are legally or physically constrained in their movements, Examples a borstal or drug rehabilitation centre, an old people's home where substantial care is extended, a prison or hospital Schedule 1 clause Al 30.2: amended, on 31 October 2008, by regulation 4 of the Buulding (Building Code: Backcounty Huts) Amendment Regulation: 2008 (SR 2008358) 40 Communal non-residential 40.1 Applies to a building or use being a meeting place for people where care and service is provided by people other than the principal users. These are two types 40.2 Assembly service Applies to a building or use where limited care and service is provided. Examples: a church, cinema, clubroom, hall, museum, public swimming pool, stadium, theatre, or whare runanga (the assembly house). 4.0.3 Assembly care Applies to a building or use where a large degree of care and service is provided. Examples. an early childhood education and care centre, college, day care institution, centre for handi- capped persons, kindergarten, school or university. Schedule 1 clause Al 403: amended, on 1 December 2008, by section 60(2) of the Education Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 19). 50 Commercial 50.1 Applies to a building or use in which any natural resources, goods, services or money are either developed, sold, ex- changed or stored. Examples an amusement park, auction room, bank, car-park, catering facility, coffee bar, computer centre, fire station, funeral parlour, hairdresser, library, officeReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 (commercial or government), Police station, post office, public laundry, radio station, restaurant, service station, shop, showroom, storage facility, television station or transport terminal 60 Industrial 60.1 Applies to a building or use where people use material and physical effort to (@) extract or convert natural resources, (©) produce goods or energy from natural or converted re- sources, (© sepair goods, or (@ store goods (ensuing from the industrial process). Examples: an agricultural building, agricultural processing fa- cility, aircrafthanger, factory, power station, sewage treatment ‘works, warehouse of utility 70 Outbuildings 70.1 Applies to a building or use which may be included within each classified use but are not intended for human habitation, and are accessory to the principal use of associated buildings Examples: a carport, farm building, garage, greenhouse, ma- chinery room, private swimming pool, public toilet, or shed. 80 Ancillary 8.0.1 Applies to a building or use not for human habitation and ‘which may be exempted from some amenity provisions, but which are required to comply with structural and safety-re- lated aspects of the building code. Examples. a bridge, der- rick, fence, free-standing outdoor fireplace, jetty, mast, path, platform, pylon, retaining wall, tank, tunnel or dam, Clause A2—Interpretation In this building code unless the context otherwise re- quires, words shell have the meanings given under this clause. Meanings given in the Building Act 1991 apply equally to the building codeReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 accessroutea continuous route that permits people and goods to move between the apron ar construction edge of the building to spaces within a building, and between spaces within a building accessible having features to permit use by people with disabilities accessible route an access route usable by people with disabilities. It shall be a continuous route that can be ne- gotiated unaided by a wheelchair user. The route shall extend from street boundary or carparking area to those spaces within the building required to be accessible ta enable people with disabilities to carry out normal ac- tivities and processes within the building adequate means adequate to achieve the objectives of the building code adjacent building a nearby building, including an ad- joining building, whether or not erected on other prop- erty allotment has the meaning ascribed to it by section 4 of the Act as follows: meaning of allotment— (1) Inthis Act, the term “allotment” means any par- cel of land that is a continuous area of land and whose boundaries are shown on a survey plan that is (@ subject to the Land Transfer Act 195? and is comprised in one certificate of title or for which one certificate of title could be issued under that Act, or (®) not subject to that Act and was acquired by its owner under one instrument of con- veyance 2) Forthe purpose of subsection (1), the subdivision shown on the survey plan referred to in that sub- section is (@ the subdivision approved by way of a subdivision consent granted under the Resource Management Act 1991; or (®) the subdivision allowed or granted under any other Act.Schedle 1 10 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 @) Forthe purposes of subsection (1), and allotment shall be deemed to be a continuous area of land notwithstanding that part of itis physically sep- arated from any other part by a road or in any other manner whatsoever, unless the division of the allotment into such pasts has been allowed by a subdivision consent granted under the Resource Management Act 1991 or a subdivision approval under any former enactment relating to the sub- division of land alter, in relation to building, includes to rebuild, re-erect, repair, enlarge and extend, and alteration has a corresponding meaning amenity means an attribute of a building which con- tributes to the health, physical independence, and well being of the building's users but which is not associated vith disease or a specific illness approved temperature data means the temperature data contained in A I Tomlinson and J Sansom, Tem- perature Normals for New Zealand for the period 1961 to 1990 (NIWA, ISBN 0478083343) backcountry hut means a building that— (@ is located on land that is administered by the Department of Conservation for conservation, recreational, scientific, or other related purposes, including any land administered under any of the following @ the Conservation Act 1987: (a) the National Parks Act 1980: (ai) the Reserves Act 1977, and (&) is intended to provide overnight shelter to any person who may visit and who carries his or her own food, bedding, clothing, and outdoor equip- ment, and (©) contains only basic facilities, which may include (but are not limited to) any or all ofthe following @ sleeping platforms or bunks Gi) mattresses (ii) food preparation surfacesReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Gv) appliances for heating () appliances for cooking (vi). toilets, and (@) hasbeen certified by the Director-General as be- ing in a location that wheelchair users are un- likely to be able to visit, and (© isintended to be able to sleep— @ — nomore than 20 people in its backcountry hut sleeping area, and G4) no more than 40 people in total, and © does not contain any connection, except by ra- diocommunications, to anetwork utility operator backcountry hut sleeping area means the area of a backcountry hut that contains sleeping platforms, bunks, or beds that are— (@ within the same room as a food preparation or eating area, or (©) ina fully enclosed room thatis separate from any food preparation or eating area and has— @ internal walls that limit the spread of fire, and Gi) the means of direct egress to outside the hut boundary means any boundary that is shown on a sur- vey plan that is approved by the Surveyor-General and deposited with the Registrar-General of Land, whether or not a new title has been issued building has the meaning ascribed to it by section 3 of the Act as follows: meaning of building — (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise re- quires, the term “building” means any temporary or permanent movable or immovable structure Gncluding any structure intended for occupation by people, animals, machinery, or chattels), and includes any mechanical, electrical, or other systems, and any utility systems, attached to and forming part of the structure whose proper operation is necessary for compliance with the building code, but does not include nSchedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 @ ® @ © (ea) systems owned or operated by a network utility operator for the purpose of reticu- lation of other property, or cranes, including any cranes as defined in any regulations in force under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, or cablecars, cableways, ski tows, and other similar stand alone machinery systems, whether or not incorporated within any other structure, or any description of vessel, boat, ferry, or craft used in navigation, whether or not it has any means of propulsion, and regard- less of that means, nor does it include— @ — abarge, lighter, or other like vessel Gi) a hovercraft or other thing deriv- ing full or partial support in the at- mosphere from the reactions of air against the surface of the water over which it operates: Gii) a submarine or other thing used in navigation while totally submerged, or vehicles and motor vehicles (including vehicles and motor vehicles as defined in section 2(1) of the Transport Act 1962 and section 2(1) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986), but not including vehicles and motor vehicles, whether movable or im- movable, which are used exclusively for permanent or long-term residential pur- poses, or aircraf, including any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth, orReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 @ @ @) Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 © containers as defined in section 2(1) of the Hazardous Substances and New Or- ganisms Act 1996, or (@ magazines as defined in section 2 of the Explosives Act 1957, or (®) scaffolding used in the course of the con- struction process, or @ _ falsework used in the course of the con- struction process. For the purposes of Part 9 of this Act, a build ing consent, a code compliance certificate, and a compliance schedule the term building also in- cludes— @ any pat of a building, and (@) any 2 or more buildings which, on com- pletion of any building work, are intended to be managed as 1 building with a com- mon use and a common set of ownership arrangements For the purposes of subclause (2) of this defin- ition, where any ulility system or any part of any utility system— @ is extemal to the building, and (®) is also connected to or is intended to be connected to— @ a network under the control of a network utility operator, or Gi) some other facility which is able to provide for the successful function- ing of the utility system in accord- ance with its intended design— that utility system or thet part of the utility system shall be deemed to be part of a building Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (3) ofthis definition, where a septic tankis connected to a building utility system the septic tank shall bbe deemed to form part of that building utility system 3Schedle 1 “4 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 building certifier means a person approved as a build- ing certifier by the Authority under Part 7 of the Act building codemeans the building code made under Part 6 of the Act building consent means a consent to carry out building work granted by a territorial authority under Part 5 of the Act, andinchides all conditions to which the consent is subject building element any structural or non-structural com- ponent and assembly incorporated into or associated with a building. Included are fixtures, services, drains, permanent mechanical installations for access, glazing, pattitions, ceilings and temporary supports building height means the vertical distance between the floor level of the lowest occupied space above the ground and the top of the highest occupied fioor, but not including spaces located within or on the roof that enclose stairways, lift shafts, or machinery rooms building performance index (BPI), in relation to a building, means the heating energy of the building di- vided by the product of the heating degrees total and the sum of the floor area and the total wall area, and so is calculated in accordance with the following formula heating energy BPI heating degrees total » (floor area + ‘otal wall area) building work work for or in connection with the con- struction, alteration, demolition, or removal of a build- ing, and includes sitework burnout means exposure to,fre for a time that includes fire growth, full development, and decay in the absence ofintervention or automatic suppression, beyond which the fire is no longer a threat to building elements in- tended to perform loadbearing or fire separation func- tions, or both clearly visible for the purposes of clause F8.3.1, means visible, under the worst likely conditions and atReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 the maximum distance from which the sign in question needs to be viewed, by a person who either does not have a visual impairment or uses corrective lenses code compliance certificate means a certificate to that effect issued by a territorial authority or a building cer- tifier pursuant to section 43 of the Act combustible building materials means building ma- terials that are deemed combustible according to AS 1530.1 compliance schedule means a compliance schedule is- sued under section 44 of the Act construct in relation to a butlding, includes to build, erect, prefebricate, and relocate, and construction has a corresponding meaning contaminant has the meaning ascribed to it by the Resource Management Act 1991 Department of Conservation means the department of State established by section $ of the Conservation Act 1987 Director-General has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 drain a pipe normally laid below ground level includ- ing fittings and equipment and intended to convey foul water or surfice water to an outfall electrical fixed appliance an electrical appliance which is fixed-wired to the electrical installation, or intended to remain permanently attached and form part of the building electrical installation any electrical fixed appliances, and components used in the reticulation of electricity, which are intended to remain permanently attached to and form part of the building electrical supply system the source of electricity exter- nal to the electrical installation escaperoute a continuous unobstructed route from any occupied space in a building to a final exit to enable occupants to reach a safe place, and shell comprise one 1sSchedle 1 16 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 or more of the following: apen paths, protected paths and safe paths essential servicein the context of an electrical installa- tion means emergency lighting, firemen's lifts, alarms, water pumps, sprinklers, detectors, ventilation systems and public address systems necessary for the safety of people in buildings estimated value the value of building work shall be the aggregate of the values, determined in accordance with section 10 of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, of all goods and services to be supplied for that building work evacuation time means the time between the ignition of afive affecting a building and the time when all the occupants of the building have reached aplace of safety exitway all parts of an escape route protected by fire or smoke separations, or by distance when exposed ta open ais, and terminating at a final exit external wall any exterior face of a building within 30° of vertical, consisting of primary and/or secondary elements intended to provide protection against the out- door environment, but which may also contain unpro- tected areas final exit the point at which an escape route terminates by giving direct access to a safe place fire the state of combustion during which flammable materials burn producing heat, toxic gases, or smoke or flame or any combination of these firecell any space including a group of contiguous spaces on the same or different levels within a building, which is enclosed by any combination of fire separa- tions, external walls, roofs, and floors fire load the sum of the net calorific values of the com- bustible contents which can reasonably be expected to bum within a firecell, including furnishings, builtin and removable materials, and building elements. The calorific values shall be determined at the ambient mois-Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 ture content or humidity. (The unit of measurement is MJ or TJ) fire resistance rating (FRR) the term used to classify Jfirescesistance of primary and secondary elements as de- termined in the standard test for fire resistance, orin ac- cordance with a specific calculation method verified by experimental data from standard fire resistance tests. It comprises three numbers giving the time in minutes for which each of the criteria stability, integrity and insula- tion are satisfied, and is presented always in that order fire safety system means the combination of all active and passive protection methods used in a building to— (@ — wam people of an emergency, and () provide for safe evacuation, and (©) provide for access by, and the safety of, firefight- ers, and (@) restrict the spread offre, and (©) limit the impact of fire on structural stability fire separation any building element which separates Jirecells or firecells and safe paths, and provides a spe- cific fire resistance rating fire source means the combination of the ignition source and the item first ignited within a room, space, or firecell, which combination is considered to be the origin of the fre for the purposes of design fixture an aticle intended to remain permanently at- tached to and form part of a building floor area, in relation to a building, means the floor area (expressed in square metres) of all interior spaces used for activities normally associated with domestic living foul water the discharge from any sanitary fixtures or sanitary appliances foul water drainage system drains joints and fittings normally laid underground and used specifically for the conveyance of water from the plumbing system to an outfall nSchedle 1 1s Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 fractional effective dose means the fraction of the dose that would render a person of average susceptibility in- capable of escape habitable space a space used for activities normally associated with domestic living, but excludes any bath- room, laundry, water-closet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, hallway, lobby, clothes-drying room, or other space of a specialised nature occupied neither fre- quently nor for extended periods handrail a rail to provide both support to, or assist with the movement of a person hard-standing means a hard-surfaced area that is suf- ficiently stable to carry a fire truck, and includes a road hazardous creating an unreasonable risk to people of bodily injury or deterioration of health hazardous substancehas the meaning ascribed to it by the Fire Service Act 1975 heating degrees, in relation to a location and a heating month, means the degrees obtained by subtracting from a base temperature of 14°C the mean (calculated using the approved temperature data) of the outdoor tempera- tures at that location during that month heating degrees total, in relation to a location and a ‘year, means whichever is the greater of the following (@ the value of 12, and (&) the sum ofall the heating degrees (calculated us- ing the approved temperature data) for all of the heating months of the year heating energy, in relation to a building, means the energy from a network utility operator or a depletable resource (expressed in kilowatt-hours, and calculated using the Building Research Association of New Zealand's ALF 3, The ‘Annual Loss Factor Method’ A design tool for energy efficient houses (3rd edition, April 2000) or some other method that can be correlated vith that manual) needed to maintain the building at allReprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 12 Apna 2004 times within a year at a constant intemal temperature under the following standard conditions (@) _ acontinuous temperature of 20°C throughout the building (®) an air change rate of 1 change per hour or the actual air leakage rate, whichever is the greater (©) aheat emission contribution arising from intemal heat sources for any period in the year of 1 000 kilowatt-hours for the first 50 m of floor area, and 10 kilowatt-hours for every additional square metre of floor area: (@ no allowance for— @ carpets; or (i) blinds, curtains, or drapes, on windows (© windows to have a shading coefficient of 0.6 (made up of 0.8 for windows and recesses and 0.75 for site shading) heating month, in relation to alocation, means amonth in which a base temperature of 14°C is greater than the mean (calculated using the approved temperature data) of the outdoor temperatures at that location during that month household unit means any building or group of build- ings, or patt of any building or group of buildings, used or intended to be used solely or principally for residen- tial purposes and occupied or intended to be occupied exclusively as the home or residence of not more than one household, but does not include a hostel or board- inghouse or other specialised accommodation HVAC system, for the purposes of performance H1.3.6 andin relation to a building, means amechanical, elec- trical, or other system for modifying air temperature, modifying air humidity, providing ventilation, or doing all or any ofthose things, in a space within the building illuminance the luminous fiux falling onto a unit area of surface impact insulation class (IIC) a single number rating derived from measured values of normalised sound pressure impact levels in accordance with Method 19Schedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 ASTM E492, Annex Al. Laboratory Measurement of Impact Sound Transmission Through Floor-Ceiling Assemblies Using the Tapping Machine. It provides an estimate of the impact sound insulating performance of a floor-ceiling assembly impervious that which does not allow the passage of moisture insulation in the context of fire protection, the time in minutes for which a prototype specimen of afire separ- ation, when subjected ta the standard test for fire resis- tance, has limited the transmission of heat through the specimen integrity in the context of fire protection, the time in minutes for which a prototype specimen of afire separ- ation, when subjected ta the standard test for fire resis- tance, has prevented the passage of flame or hot gases intended use of a building includes— (@ any reasonably foreseeable occasional other use that is not incompatible with the intended use, and (©) normal maintenance, and (©) activities taken in response to fire or any other reasonably foreseeable emergency—but does not include any other maintenance and repairs or re- building network utility operator means a person who— (@ undertakes the distribution or transmission by pipeline of natural or manufactured gas, petrol- cum, or geothermal energy, or (©) isan electricity operator or an electricity distribu- tor as defined by section 2(1) of the Electricity Act 1992 for the purposes of any works as de- fined by that Act, or (©) undertakes the piped distribution of potable water for supply; or (@) is the operator of a sewerage system or a storm- water drainage systemReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 occupied space any space within a building in which a person will be present from time to time during the intended use of the building open spacemeans land on which there are, and will be, no buildings and which has no roof aver any part of it other than ovethanging eaves other property means any land or buildings or part thereof which are— (@) _ notheld under the same allotment, or (&) not held under the same ownership— and includes any road outdoor air air as typically comprising by volume. (i) oxygen 20.94% (i) carbon dioxide 0.03% (iit) nitrogen and other inert gases 79.03% outfall that part of the disposal system receiving sur Jface water os foul water from the drainage system. For ‘foul water the outfall may include a sewer or a septic tank. For surface water, the outfall may include a nat- ural water course, kerb and channel, or soakage system people with disabilities people whose ability to use buildings is affected by mental, physical, hearing or sight impairment place of safety means cither— (@) asaje place, or (®) place that is inside a building and meets the following requirements. @ the place is constructed with fire separa- tons that have fire resistance sufficient to withstand burnout at the point of the fire source, and Gi) the place is in a building that is protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system that complies with NZS 4541 or NZS 4515 as appropriate to the building’ use, and ii) the place is designed to accommodate the intended number of persons, and Gv) the places provided with sufficient means of escape to enable the intended numberReprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 of persons to escape to a safe place that is outside a duilding plumbing system pipes, joints and fittings laid above ground and used for the conveyance of foul water to the foul water drain, and includes vent pipes principal user a member of the primary group for which aduilding was constructed, and therefore explic- itly excludes persons or groups of persons providing care or control of that principal user group radiocommunications has the same meaning asin sec- tion 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 reasonably visible, in relation to a specified feature, and for the purposes of Clause F6, means that the spe- cified feature is visible to a person who— (@) is 10 metres fromit, or the greatest distance from it that itis possible to go in the open space sur- rounding it, whichever is the lesser, and (©) has sight thatis not defective, oris corrected (for example, by an optical appliance) relevant boundary means the boundary of an allotment that is other property in relation to the building in ques- tion and from which is measured the separation between the building and that other property, and for the exter- nal wall of any building, the relevant boundary is the nearest of— @ aboundary of a frechold allotment, except that if the other property is a road, railway line, or public open space, the relevant boundary is the boundary on the far side of that other property, or (©) a boundary of a cross-lease or a company lease or a licence, except that if the other property is pen space to which the lessee or licensee of the duilding in question has an exclusive right of ac- cess and occupation or to which 2 or more oc- cupiers of the buildingin question have rights of access and occupation, the relevant boundary is the Boundary on the far side of that other prop- erty, orReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 (©) aboundary shown on a unit plan (but excluding a boundary between a principal unit and its ac- cessory unit), except that if the other property is open space and is common property, the relevant Boundary is the boundary on the far side of that other property risk group A, for the purposes of performance F6.34 and performance F6.3.5, means buildings— (@) whose occupants are required to remain in the building until the main lighting system is re- stored, or (0) — whose evacuation time is longer than 90 minutes risk group B, for the purposes of performance F6.3.4 and performance F6.3.5, means buildings— (2) whose evacuation time is 30 minutes or longer but not longer than 90 minutes; or (0) whose occupant load is more then 1 000 risk group C, for the purposes of performance F6.3.4, means buildings not in risk group A or risk group B safe place a place of safety in the vicinity of a building, from which people may safely disperse after escaping the effects of afire. It may be a place such as a street, open space, public space or an adjacent building sanitary appliance an appliance which is intended to be used for sanitation, but which is not a sanitary fix- ture. Included are machines for washing dishes and clothes sanitary fixture any fixture which is intended to beused for sanitation sanitation the term used to describe the activities of washing and/or excretion carried out in a manner or condition such that the effect on health is minimised, with regard to dist and infection sewer adrain that is under the control of, ormaintained by, a network utility operator sitework means work on a building site, including earthworks, preparatory to or associated with theSchedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 construction, alteration, demolition, or removal of a building sound transmission class (STC) a single number rat- ing derived from measured values of transmission loss in accordance with classification ASTM E413, Deter- mination of Sound Transmission Class. It provides an estimate of the performance of a partition in certain common sound insulation situations specified features, for the purposes of Clause F6, means the following (@) building elements that may act as obstructions (0) safety features required under clauses ofthis code other than Clause F6 (for example, handrails re- quired under Clause D1): (©) changes in direction: (@) stairs and ramps: (©) escape doors © entries to asafe place specified intended life has the meaning ascribed to it by subsection (2) of section 39 of the Act as follows: “Spe- cified intended life", in relation to a building, means the period of time, as stated in an application for a building consent or in the consent itself, for which the building is proposed to be used for its intended use stability in the context of fire protection, the time in minutes for which a prototype specimen of a primary element, when subjected to the standard test for fire resistance, has continued to camry its fire design load without failure standard year for the purposes of determining natural lighting, the hours between 8 am and 5 pm each day vwath an allowance being made for daylight saving surface water all naturally occurring water, other than sub-surface water, which results from rainfall on the site or water flowing onto the site, including that flowing from a drain, stream, river, lake or sea territorial authority has the meaning ascribed to it by section 2 of the Local Government Act 1974, and in-Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 cludes any organisation which is authorised to permit structures pursuant to section 12(1)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991 thermal resistancethe resistance to heat flow ofagiven component of a building element. It is equal to the air temperature difference (°C) needed to produce unit heat ‘ux (Wim!) through unit area (m?) under steady condi- tions. The units are °Cm’/W total wall area, in relation to a building, means the sum (expressed in square metres) of the following @ the wall area of the building, and (b) the area (expressed in square metres) of all verti- cal glazing in external walls of the building travel distancethe length of the escape route as awhole or the individual lengths of its parts, namely: (a) open paths, (e) protected paths, and (c) safe paths wall area, in relation to a building, means the area (ex- pressed in square metres) of internally exposed external walls, including any door openings, of the building ‘water main a water supply pipe that is under the control of, or maintained by a network utility operator water supply system pipes, fittings and tanks used or intended to be used for the storage and reticulation of water from a water main or other water source, to sani- tary fixtures, sanitary appliances and fittings within a building Schedule 1 clause A2 approved temperature data: inverted, on 31 October 2007, by zegulation 4(2) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 GR 3007026), Schedule I clause A7bachrountry hut. inserted, on 31 October 2008, by egu- lation Sof the Building (Building Code: Backcouny Huts) Amendment Regu- lations 2008 (SR 2008/38). Schedule 1 clause A? bachzountry hut sleeping area: inserted, on 31 Octo- ‘ber 2008, by regulation 5 of the Building (Building Code: Backcountry Huts) ‘Amendment Regulations 2008 ($R 20081358). Schedule 1 clase A2 boundary: invested, on 10 April 2012, by regulation 4) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 2012 GR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A2 building (1)(): substituted, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 3(1Xa) of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR. 19947263),Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule 1 clause A? building (1)(2): substituted, on: regulation 31%) of the Building Regulation: 1992, 19947263), Schedule 1 clause A2 building (1)(ca): incexted, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 3(1Xc) of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR. 19947263), Schedule 1 clause A7builing(1)(Q: amended, on? July 2001, pursuantto sec- tion 150(1) of the Hazardous Substances and New Oxganizme Act 1996 (1996 No 30). Schedule | clause A2 building (2): amended, on 22 December 1994,by regula: tion 3(1Xa) ofthe Building Regulation: 1992, AmenimentNo 1 (SR1954/263) Schedule | clause A2 building (3): amended, on22 December 1994,by regula- tion 3()(@) ofthe Building Regulation: 1992, AmendmentNo 1 (SR 19947263) Schedile | clause A2 building (4): amended, on 22 December 1994,by regula- thon 3(1)(0 of the Building Regulation: 1992, AmerdimentNo 1 (SR1994/263) Schedule 1 claise A2 building height: replaced, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 40) of the Bulding (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A? building performance index: sevoked, on 31 October 2007, by regulation 4(1) ofthe Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 GR 30070226), Schedule I clase A building performance index (BPD) ixcested, on 31 0% tober 2001, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amerdiment Regulation; (No 2007 (SR 3007226) Schedule I clause A? burnout. inverted, on 10 April 012, by regulation (2) of the Building Buulding Code: Fire Safety and Signe) Amendment Regulations 2012 GR 2012133), Schedule | clause A2 clearly visible: inserted, on 10 April 2012, by regulation 4) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 201 GR 2012/33) Schedule | clase A2 climate zone I: revoked, on 30S eptember 2008, by zu- lation 12) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2)2007 ($R 20071226) Schedule I clase A climate zone 2: revoked, on 30S eptember 2008, by xegu- lation 10) of te Building Amendment Regulations (No 2)2007 ($R 20071226) Schedule clase A2 climate zone3: revoked, on 30S eptember 2008, by egu- lation 12) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2)2007 ($R 20071226) Schedule 1 clause A2 comburtBle building material: ested, on 10 Apsl 2012, by regulation 4(2) ofthe Building (Building Code: Fuze Safety and Signs) ‘Amendment Regulation: 2012 (SR 2012/33). Schedule 1 clause A2 combustion appliance: revoked, on 10 Apsl 2012, by regulation 4(1) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amend- sent Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33). Schedule 1 clase A? concealed space: revoked, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 4(1) of the Buulding (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amerdment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) 2 Decensber 1994, by ‘Amendment No 1 (SRReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Schedule I clause A2coollecation evoked, on 30S eptember 2008, by xegula- thon 10) ofthe Building Amereiment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 200226) Schedule 1 clase A2 degree day: revoked, on 30 September 2008, by regula- thon 70) ofthe Building Amerdiment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 20071226) Schedule 1 clause A2 degree day total revoked, on 30 September 2008, by regulation 7(2) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR. 20077226), Schedule 1 clause A? Department of Conservation: inserted, on 31 Octo- ‘ber 2008, by regulation 5 of the Building (Building Code: Backcounity Huts) ‘Amendment Regulations 2008 ($R 20081358). Schedule 1 clause A? Dizector-Ceneral: inverted, on 31 October 2008, by aegulation 5 of the Building (Building Code: Backcounty Hut) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/358). Schedule I clase A? evacuation time: replaced, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 40) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amerdment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A2 fire hazard: revoked, on 10 Apsl 2012, by regulation 4) of the Bulding Building Code: Fite Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 2012 GR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A? fie intensity: revoked, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 4) of the Building (Bulding Code: Fire Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 2017 GR 2012/33) Schedule I clause A? fire load: amended, on 10 April 2012, by xegulation (3) of the Building (Building Code: Fuse Safety and Signs) Amendment Regula- tions 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A? fire resisting closure: revoked, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 4(1) of the Building (Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amend- sent Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33). Schedule 1 clase A? fre safety system: replaced, on 10 Apsl 2012, by xegu- Iation 40) ofthe Building (Buulding Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A? fire source: incerted, on 10 Apzl 2012, by regulation 4) of the Building (Building Code: Fite Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 2012 GR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A? floor area: inserted, on 31 October 2007, by regulation 40) of the Building Amendment Regulation: (No 2) 2007 (SR 3007/226) Schedule | clauze A2 fractional effective dose: incerted, on 10 April 2012, by regulation 4(2) of the Building (Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amend- sent Regulators 2012 (SR 2012/33). Schedule 1 clause A? Ieard-standing: inverted, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 40) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amerdment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/35) Schedule I clause A7 heating degrees: inserted, on 31 October 2007, by egu- lation 42) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 ($R 20071226) Schedule 1 clawe A? heating degrees total inserted, on 31 October 2007, bby regulation 42) of the Building Amendment Regulation: (No 2) 2007 (SR. 20071226), 1Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule | clause A? heating energy: inverted, on31 October 7007, by regula- thon 4@) of the Building Amereiment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 200226) Schedile | clause A2 heating month: inverted, on 31 October 2007, by regula- thon 40) of the Building Amerdiment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 200226) Schedule I clase A? HVAC rystem: inserted, on | February 2009, by regula- tion 4 of the Building Building Code: Energy Efficiency of Temperatiie, Ho smudity, and Ventilation Systems) Amendment Regulations 2008 ($R 2008/97) Schedule | clase A2 network utility eperator paragraph (b): substituted, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 3(3) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR 20001115) Schedule I clause A? old measure building performance index revoked, on 30 September 2008, by regulation 10) ofthe Building Amereiment Regulations Wo 2) 2007 GR 20071226) Schedule 1 clause A2 open path: revoked, on 10 April 2012, by regulation, 40) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 2012 GR 2012/33) Schedule 1 claice A2 open space: inserted, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 40) of the Building (Buulding Code: Fie Safety and Signe) Amendment Regn- lations 2012 GR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A? place of safety: inserted, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 40) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amerdment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A2 protected path revoked, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 4(1) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amerdment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/35) Schedule 1 clause A2 punpose group: revoked, on 10 April 2012, by regula- thon 4(1) of the Building (Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amerdment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/35) Schedule | clause A2 radiocommamications: incested, on 3] October 2008, by segulation 5 of the Building (Building Code. Backcoinby Hut) Amendment Regulation: 2008 (SR 2008/358). Schedule 1 clause A? reasonably visible: inverted, on 21 kane 2007, by egu- Istion 6) of the Building Ameniment Regulation: 2007 (SR 207/124), Schedule I clause A? relevantboundary: inserted, on 10 Apsil 2012, by xegu- Iation 40) ofthe Building (Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A2 risk group A: inverted, on 21 Jane 2007, by regulation (60) of the Buulding Amereiment Regulation: 2007 (SR 2007/124). Schedule 1 clause A? risk group B: inverted, on 21 june 2007, by regulation (60) of the Buulding Amersiment Regulation: 2007 (SR 2007/124). Schedule 1 clause A2 risk group C: inverted, on 21 Jane 2007, by regulation (60) ofthe Buulding Amereiment Regulation: 2007 (SR 200/124). Schedule I clause A2 safepath: xevoked, on 10 April 2012, by xegulation (1) of the Building (Building Code: Fire Safety and Signe) Amendment Reguls- tions 2012 (SR 2012/33)Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 classe A? smoke separation: revoked, on 10 Apsil 2012, by x¢gu- lation 4(1) ofthe Building (Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule | clause A2 specified features: inserted, on] June 2007, by regula: tion 62) of the Building Amendment Regulation” 2007 (SR 207/124), Schedule | clause A? thermal resistance: azuesded, on 29 Decensber 2000, by segulation 34) ofthe Building Amendment Regulation: 2000 ($R 000/119), Schedule | clause A? totalwallarea: inserted, on 31 October 2007, by regula- tion 4) of the Buulding Amerdiment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 20011226) Schedule 1 clause A? unprotected area: revoked, on 10 April 2012, by xgu- lation 4(1) ofthe Building (Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Schedule 1 clause A2 wall area: inverted, on 3] Octeber 2007, by regulation 40) of the Building Amendment Regulation: (No 2) 2007 SR 3007/226) Schedule | clause A2 warm location: revoked, on30 September 2008, by 2egu- lation 12) of te Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 ($R 20071226) Schedule 1 clause A2 water supply system: amnented, on 22 December 1994, bby regulation 30)(¢) of the Building Regulation: 1997, Amendment No 1 (SR. 1994763), Schedule 1 clause A2 water supply syrtem: amnented, on 22 December 1994, bby regulation 32) ofthe Building Regulation: 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR. 1994263), Clause A3—Buildingimportancelevels For the purposes of clause C, a building has one of the import- ance levels set out below: Importance Description of building evel type Specific structure Importance Bualeings posing low rik * Ancillary bualdings not level 1 fo human life or the en for iuman habitation vironment, or@ low €©o- + nor storage facilites nomic cost, should the ‘Minor storage fecilite Building fail. These are Backcountry huts typically small non-bab- ible braldngs, such as sheds, bam, athe like, that ae not normally oc. cupied, though they may Inve occupants from tine totimeSchedle 1 Importance evel Importance level? Importance level3 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Description of building ‘type Specific structure Buildings posing normal risk to human Lie or the envionment, or ¢ normal economic cost, should the building fail. ‘These axe typical residential, com- mercial, and industrial bulldngs. Buildings ofa higher level of societal beneBt or im- portance, or with higher levels of risk-significant factors to balding oc- cupants, These buald- ings have increased per- formance requiements because they may house lage muubers of people, ‘vulnerable populations, of occupants with other risk factors, or full a role of increased importance to the local community or society in general. +All buldings and facil. ities except those listed inimportance levels 1, 3, 4 and 5 + Buildings where more ‘than 300 people congre- gate in] area + Buldings with pi. mary school, secondary school, or daycare fa- cilities with a capacity gxeater than 250 + Buldings with tertiary for adult education fa- cilities with a capacity gxeater than 500 + Health care facilities with e capacity of 50 or more reridents but not having smgery or emer. gency treatment facil. ities + Fails and detention fecil- ities + Any other building with ' capacity of 5 000 or ‘more people + Buldings for powergen- erating facibties, water ‘ueatment for potable ‘water, wastewater treat. ment facilities, and other public utilities facilites not included in import. ance level 4Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Importance evel Importance level 4 Building Regulations 1992 Description of building type Buildings that are essen- ‘ual to post-disasterrecov- exyorassociated withhaz- ardous facilites. Schedule 1 Specific structure Buildings not included in importance level 4 or 5 containing sufficient quantities of highly toxic ges or explosive mater jas capible of causing acutely hazardous con- ditions that do not ex- tend beyond property ‘boundaries Hospitals and other health care facilites having smgery or emer. gency treatment facil. ties Fire, rescue, and police stations and emeigency vehicle garages Buildings intended to be ‘used as emergency shel- tex Buildings intended by ‘the owner to contubute to emexgency prepared- ness, of to be used for communication, and op- ration centres in an emergency, and other facilihes required for emergency response Power generating sta- ‘ions and other uiilites required es emergency ‘backup facilites for im- portance level 3 struc- tures Buildings housing highly toxic ges or ex: plosive materials cap- able of causing acutely hazardous conditions thatextendbeyond prop- exty boundaries 31Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 Importance Description of building evel type Importance Buildings whose feilwe level 5 poses catastrophic nk to a lange area (eg, 100 km’) or @ lage umber of people (eg, 100 000) Reprinted as at 12 Apa 2004 Specific structure ‘Aviation control towers, ‘a tiaffic contol cen- ‘ues, and emergency aix. craft hangers Buildings having cxtical national defence fane- ‘ions Water treatment facil. ities equized to maintain ‘water pressure for fire suppression Ancillary bualéings (in- cluding, but not Limited te, communication tow- xs, fuel storage tanks or other structures hous- ing or supporting water or other fre suppression material or equipment) required for opzrationof importance level 4strue- tues duing an emer gency ‘Major dams Extremely hazardous fa- cilities Schedule 1 clause A3: inserted on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation Sof the Build. dng Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201213),Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause Bl—Structure Provisions application. Objective BL. The objective of this provision is to: (® _ sefeguardpeople from in- jury caused by structural failure, (® safeguard people from loss of amenity caused by structural beheviow, and (© protect other property from physical damage caused by structural Fail. Functional requirement B12 Bualdings, balding elements nd sitework shell withstand the combination of loeds thet they sce likely to experience dung construction ox alteration and throughout ther lives Performance B31 Buleings, building elements tnd sitework shell have a low probability of rupturing becom- ing unstable, losing equilibrium, or collapsing during construc tion or alteration end throughout their lives.Schedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions BL3.2 Buileings, buildngelements end sitework shall have @ low prob- ability of causing loss of amenity through undue deformation, vi- bratory response, degradation or other physical cheractesistics throughout their lives, or dusing construction or alteration when the building is in use B33 Account shell be teken of all physical conditions likely to af- fect the stability of buldngs, building elements and sitework, including selfweight (©) imposed gravity Loads srising from use, (© temperate, @ enh presnae, (© water and other lisp, © ensthquate, © sow, @ wind @ fre, © “impact, explosion @ reversing or fluctuating effects, (ax) differential movement, (vegetation, (©) adverse effects due to in- inficientsepertion from other Enalcings, (©) inuence of equipment, services, non-structural tlements and contents (@ time dependent effects including creep end shiinkage, and @ removal of mpport Limits on applicationReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application B34 Due allowance shall be made for (® the consequences of fail- we, (© the intended use of the bualding, (© effects of uncertainties resulting from construc. fon activities, or the se- quence in which con struction activities occus, (@ — vasistionin the properties of materials and the char acteristics of the site, and (© scowacy limitations in- herent in the methods used to predict the stebil- ity of bualeings B135 The demolition of buildings shall be cetried out in @ way thet voids the likelihood of preme- ture collapse BL36 Sitework, where necessary, shall bbe cessied out to: (® provide stability for con. struction onthe site, and © avoid the likelihoad of damage to other prop- erty. B37 Any sitework and associeted supports shall take account of the effects of, (® changes in ground water level, (water, weather end vege- tation, and (© ground loss and stump: ingReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause B2—Durability Provisions application. Objective B21 The objective of this provision B23 B23. is to ensue thet a balding will throughout its life continue to satisfy the other objectives of this code Functional requirement Building materials, components and construction methods shell be sufficiently durable to enswe thet the bralding, without recon- struction or major renovation, satisfies the other functional re- quixements of this code through out the life of the Dralaing. Performance [Revoked] Bulldng elements must, with only normal maintenance, con tinue to setity the performance requurements of this code forthe lesser of the specified intended lyfe ofthe balebng sated. of (® the life of the building being not tess tha 50 yenss if @ those baalaing cloments (include ing floors, wall, and fixing’) pro- vide sructural stabity to the balding, ot @ those bialaing cloments ace df Pesformance B2.3.1 applies from the time of issue of the applic- ble code compliance certifi. cate. Building elements axe not required to satisfy « durabil- ity performance which exceeds the specified intended life of the bualing,Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Ga, ficult to access or replace, or feilue of those dualding elements to comply with the building code would go unde tected dusing both, normal use end maintenance of, the bualding. (15 yearsit. @ @ those building elements Gnclud ing the build. ing envelope, ex- posed plumb ing in the sub- floor space, end in-built chimneys and flues) ae moderetely diffi. cult to access or replace, or feiue of those Dualding — elem- ents to comply with the building code would go undetected dur ing normal use of the building, but would be easily detected dusing normal mainte. © Syeassif @ the balding elem- ents Gncluding services, linings, renewable pro. tective costings, Limits on applicationReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application and fixtures) xe ensyto access and replace, and @ file of those dualding elements to comply with the building code would be easily detected dusing normal use of the dualding, B23.2 Individual building elements which are components ofa build ing system and are difficult to access or replace must either (@ — allhave the same durabil- ity, or (be installed in a manner thet permits the replace- ment of building elem- ents of lesser ducebility without removing buald- ing elements that have gxeater durability and exe not specifically designed for removal and replace- meat Schedile | clause B23: xevoked, on 1] September 1997, by regulation of the ‘Building Amendment Regulation: 1997 (SR 1997/156). Schedule I clause B23]: added, on 1] September 1997, by regulation 2 of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: 1997 (SR 1997/156). Schedule I clause B232: added, on 1] September 1997, by regulation 2 of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: 1997 (SR 1997/156).Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause C1— Objectives of clauses C2 to C6 (protection from fire) Provision Limit on application ‘The objectives of clauses C2 to C6 are to (@) safeguard people fiom an unaccept- able risk of injury or illness caused by fie, (©) protect other property from damage caused by fre, and (©) facilitate fefighting and rescue oper- ations Schedule I clause C1: replaced, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 6of the Build- sng Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201233), Clause C2—Prevention of fire occurring Provision Limit on application Functional requirement C21 Fixed appliances using controlled combustion and other fixed equip. ment must be designed, constructed, and installed in bualdngs ina way that reduces the likelihood of ness or injury due to fire occuning Performance C22 The maximum surface temperture of combustible bulding materals close to fixed appliances using controlled combustion and other fixed equip. ment when operating at their design level must not exceed 90°C. 23 Fixed appliances using controlled combustion and other fixed equip. ment must be designed, constricted and installed so that there is a low probability of explosive or hazardous conditions occuning within any spaces in or around the building that contains the appliances Schedule I clause C2: replaced, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 6of the Build- dng Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201233),Reprinted as at 12 Apa 2004 Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 Clause C3—Fireaffectingareasbeyond the fire source Provision Functional requirement C31 Buildings must be designed and con- structed so that there is e low probebility of injuryor illness to persons notin close ‘proximity toa fre source C32 Buildings with a bulding height greater than 10 m where upper floors contain sleeping uses or ofher property must be designed and constructed so that there is 2 low probability of external vertical fire syread to upper floors inthe bualdng. C33 Buildings must be designed and con- structed so that there ise low probability Of fire spread to other property vertically cor horizontally across a relevant bound- ary Performance C34 (2) materials used as internal surface linings in the following areas of buildings must meet the perform- ance cuter specified below: ‘Area of building Wallceiling mater. tals in sleeping areas where care or deten- tion is provided. Wallceiling mater. ils im exitways Wallceiling mater. ils in all occupied spaces in importance level 4 bualdings Limit on application Clause C32 does not apply to import ance level 1 brald- ings. Clause C34 does not apply to. de- tached dwellings, within household units in mulf-uoat dwellings, or out buildings end ancil- leny bualcengs Performance determined under conditions described in ISO 9705: 1993 Buildings not Buildings protected with protected with anautomatic fire an automatic fire sprinkler sysiem sprinkler system Material Group Material Group Number 1-S ‘Number 1 or? Material Group Material Group Number 1-S ‘Number 1 or? Material Group Material Group Number 1-S ‘Number 1 or?Reprinted as at Schedule 1 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provision Intemal swfaces of Material Group ducts for HVAC sys Number 1-S tems Ceiling materials in Material Group crowd and sleeping Number 1S or ‘uses except house: 2-S Jhold waits and where care or detention is povided Wall materials in Material Group crowd and sleeping Number 1S or ‘uses except house: 2-S Jhold waits and where care or detention is wovided Wallceiling ma. Material Group tenis in occupied Number, 2, or3 spices inal other lo- cations in buildings, including household mits Extemal sufaces of Material Group ducts for HVAC sys Number 1, 2,or3 tems Acoustic teatment Material Group and pipe isuletion Number 1, 2,or3 within aithandling plenums in sleeping (©) floor surface materials in the fol- lowing areas of buildings must meet the performance criteria specified below. Limit on application ‘Material Group ‘Number 1 or? ‘Material Group ‘Number 1 or? ‘Material Group Number 1, 2,or3 ‘Material Group Number 1, 2,or3 ‘Material Group Number 1, 2,or3 ‘Material Group Number 1, 2,or3 41Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 Provision ‘Area of building Sleeping areas and cexitwaye in buildings where care or deten- tion is provided. Exitwaye in ell other buldngs Frecells accommo- ating more than 50 persons All other occupied ‘spices except house- Told wats Reprinted as at 12 Apa 2004 Limit on application ‘Minimum critical radiant flux when tested to 180 9239-1: 2010 Buildings not protected with an automatic fire sprinkler system. 45 Wi’ 22 Wim’ 22 Wim’ 1.2. kWhme (©) suspended flexible fabrics and membrane structures used in the construction of buldngs must have properties resulting ina low probability of injury or Ulness to emons notin close proximity to 8 fire source Buildings must be designed and con- structed so that ire does not spread more than 3.5 m vertically from the fre source over the extemal cladding of multi-level bualdings. Buildings must be designed and con- structed so that in the event of fire in the bualding the received radiation at the relevant boundary of the property does not exceed 30 Win’ and at a distance of 1 m beyond the relevant boundary of the property does not exceed 16 kW: Extemal walls of buildings that ere located closer than 1 mto the relevant boundary of the property on which the bualding stands must either: (@) be constructed fiom materials which are not combustible buald- ing materials, or Buildings protected with anautomatic fire sprinkler system 22 Wim? 22 Wim? 1.2 Wh? 1.2 Wh?Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provision (©) forbualdéngsinimportence levels 3 and 4 be constructed from ma- tenes that, when subjected to @ radiant flux of 30 kWhn’, do not ignite for 30 minutes, or (©) for buildings in Importance Levels 1 and 2, be constructed fiom matenals that, when sub- jected to a mdiant flux of 30 kWim’, do not ignite for 15 minutes recalls located within 15 m of a rele- vant boundary that are not protected ‘by an automatic fire sprinkler system, ‘and that contain & fire load greater than 20 TI or that have a floor area greater than 5,000 m' must be designed and constructed so that atthe time that fie fighters fst apply water to the fire, the ‘maximum rediation fiux at 1.5 m above the floor is no greater than 45 kWim? and the smoke layer is not less than 2 m above the floor Buildings must be designed and con- structed with egard tothe likelihood and consequence of failue of any fire safety stem intended to contol fre spread, Schedule 1 Limit on application Schedule I clause C3: replaced, on 10 April 2012, by regulation 6of the Build- sng Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201213), 8Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause C4—Movement to place of safety Limit on Provision application Functional requirement CAL Buildings mustbe provided with: (@) effective means of giving wam- ing of fre, nd (©) visibility in escape routes com- plying with clause F6. C42 Buildings must be provided with means of escape to ensue that there is @ low probability of occupants of those buald- ings being unreasonably delayed or im- eded fiom moving to a place of safety and that those occupants will not suffer injury or illness as a result Performance C43 The evacuation time must allow occu pants of building to move toa place of safety in the event of a fre so that occu pants are not exposed fo any of the fol- lowing (@) fractional effective dose of car. ‘bon monoxide greater than 0 3 (©) afractional effective dose ofther- tal effects greater than 0 3 (©) contitions where, due to smoke cbscurtion, visibility sles than 10 mexceptinrooms of less than 100 my where visibility may fll to5m. C4 Clause C4300) and (0) do not apply where itis not possible to expose more than 1 000 occupants in a firecell pxo- tected with en automatic fire sprinkler system CAS — Means of escape to a place of safety in buildings must be designed andl con- structed with regardto the likelihood and consequence of fa of any sft systems. Schedule I clause C4: replaced, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 6of the Build- sng Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201233),Reprinted as at Schedule 1 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Clause CS—Accessand safety for firefighting operations Provision Functional requirement CS: Bualeings must be designed and con. structed so that there ise low probability of firefighters or other emeigency ser ‘vices personnel being delayed in or im- peded fiomassisting inrescue operations ‘and performing Sefighting operations (8.2 Bualedngs must be designed and con- structed so that there ise low probability of llness or injury to fuefighters or other ememgency seivices personnel during rescue end firefighting operations. Performance (8.3 Buledngs must be provided with access for fire service vehicles to @ hard-stand- ing from which there is en unobstructed ‘path to the bualding within 20 m of. (@) the fiefighter access into the building, and (b) the inlets to automatic fie sprink- Ter systems or fire hytirant sys- tems, where these are installed, (5.4 Access for fire service vehicles in ac- ‘cordance with clause C5.3 must be jxo- vided to more than 1 side of frecalls greater than 5,000 m° in floor area that fare not protected by an automatic fire syminkler system, (SS — Bualedngs must be provided with the ‘means to deliver water for firefighting to all parts of the bulaing. (8.6 — Bualedngs must be designed and con. structed in a manner that will allow ‘Grefighters, taking info account the fie- fighters’ personal protective equipment and standard training, to (@) reach the floor of fie origin, (b) search the generalarea of fie oni- gm, and (©) protect their means of egress. Limit on. application Performance re- quiements in clauses C53. to C58 do not apply to backcountry huts, detached dwellings, within household wats in mult-tot dwellings, or to out- buildings, and an- cillery bualdngs. 45Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Limit on Provision application 5.7 Bualedngs must be provided with means of giving clear information to enable fie- ‘fighters to: (@) establish the general location of the fire, (b) identify the fire safety systems available in the bulldng, and (©) establish the presence of haz ardous substances or process in the bulléng. (58 —-Meansto provide access forandsafetyof ‘Brefighters in bualdings mustbe designed ‘and constructed with regard tothe bkeli- hood and consequence of failure of any sire safety systems. Schedule I clause C5: inserted, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 6 of the Build- dng Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201283), Clause Co—Structural stability Limit on. Provision application Functional requirement €6.1 Structural systems in bualeings must be Constructed fo maintain structural stabil- ity during fire so that there is: (@) alow probability of injury or ill. zess to occupants, (©) alow probability of injury or ill. ess to fre sevice personel duu- ing rescue and firefighting oper- ations, and (©) alowprobsbilityofduectorcon- sequential damage to adjacent household wnits ox other prop- artyReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provision Performance 6.2 Structural systems in buildings that are necessary for structural stability in fire rustle designed and constructed so that they remain stable during fire and after fire when requited to protect other prop- erty taking into account (@) the fire severity, (&) —anyautomatic fire sprinkler sys- tems within the bualdings, (©) any other active fire safety sys- tems that affect the fire severity ‘and its impact on structural sta- bility, and (@ the likelihood and consequence of failure of any fire safety sys- tems that affect the fire severity ‘and its impact on structural sta- bility. Structural systems in buildings that are necessary 10 provide firefighters with safe access to floors for the purpose of conducting firefighting and rescue oper ations must be designed and constructed so that they remain stable during and after fre Collapse of building elements that have lesser fire resistance must not cause the consequential collapre of elements that ‘ze required to have a higher fre resi- tance Schedule 1 Limit on. application Schedule I clause C6: inserted, on 10 Apsil 2012, by regulation 6 of the Build- sng Building Code: Fite Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201213), “1Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause D1—Accessroutes Provisions Limits application. Objective DI. The objective of this provisionis: (® safeguard people from | Objective D11(<) shall apply injury duing movement | only to those bualdings to which into, within and out of | section 47A of the Act applies. bualetings, (®) safeguard people from injwy resulting from the movement of vehicles into, within and out of Dualeings, and (© — enmue thet people with disabilities are able to ex- ter and cerry out not- meal activities end fane- tions within bualdings Functional requirement D1.2.1 Faldings shall be providedwith | Requirement D121 shell not reasonable and adequate access | apply to ancilleay buildings ot to enable safe and easy move- | outbualdings ment of people D122 Whate « dialing is provided with loading or parking spaces, they shall be constructed to per- sit sefe and ensy wnloeding and movement of vehicles end to avoid conflict between vehicles snd pedestriansReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application Performance DIBA Access routes shall enable people to: (® safely and easily ap o) © @ © proach the main entrance of buildings from the apton or construction edge of a bualeing, enter bualdings, move into spaces within dualdings by such means as corridors, doors, stairs, ramps and lifts, manoeuvre and perk cars, and manoeuvre end park de- livery vehicles required to use the loading space. D132 At least one access route shall have features to enable people with disabilities to @ © © approach the building from the street boundary. of, where required to be provided, the buallding car park, hhave access to the inter- nal space served by the principal access, and have access to and within, those spaces where they may be expected to work or visit, or which con tein facilities for personel hygiene as required by Clause G1 Personal hy- giene. Pesformance D132 shell not apply to housing, outbuald ings, backcountry huts, aneil- leny bualdings, end to inchstrial duileings where no more then 10 people are employed 49Schedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions D133 Access routes shell: 0 @ © © @ © © @ @ have adequate activity space, bbe free from dangerous obstructions and from any projections likely to cause an obstruction, hhave a safe cross fall, and safe slope in the direction of travel, have adequate slipse- sistent walking sufaces under all conditions of normal use, include stairs to allow ac- cess to upper floors isre- spective of whether an es celator or lift hes been provided, have stair treads, and ad. der treads or rungswhich: @ — provide adequate footing, and @ have uniform sise within each flight and for consect- tive fights, have stair treads with « leading edge that can be easily seen, have stir treads which prevent children falling through or becoming held fast between treads, where open risers ae used, not contein isolated steps, Limits on application Pesformance D1.3.3(h) shell not apply withininchutrial buldings, outbuildings and ancillary brad. ings Pesformance D1 3.3(@) shall not apply with detached dellings or within household wats of mult- unit dwellings, ot to outbualdings and ancilleay bualdings Pesformance D1 3.3() shall not apply to isolated steps,Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application @ have smooth, reachable end grespable handaals to provide support end to asast with movement slong e stir or ladder, have handrails of ‘ade equate strength endsigid- ity as requized by Clause BI Structure, @ have landings of eppro- priste dimensions end st appropriete intervals slong @ stair or remp to prevent undue fetigus, (x) have Landings of eppro- priate dimensions where ‘door opens from or onto «stat, emp or ladder 50 thet the door doesnot ere- ate ahezard, and (have eny automatically controlled doors con structed to avoid the risk of people becoming caught or being struck by moving pets DISA An accesible roe, in sition to the requirement’ of Clause D133, shal (‘be easy to find, as ree quired ty Clause FB Signs (have adequate activity space to enable a person. ine whedchit to ne gotiste the route while emitting an ambulent person to pass, slReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application (© include @ lift complying with Clause D2 Mech- anical installations for access to upper floors where @ buildings are four ox more storeys ‘high, @ —duldings we ‘three storeys high and heve a total design occupancy cf 50 or more pes- sons on the two upper floors, @®— dulldings axe two storeys high and hhave a total de- sign occupancy of 40 or more per sons on the upper floor, ot ) an upper floor, i respective of de- sign occupancy, is to be used for the purposes of public reception areas of banks, central, regional and local govern- ment offices end facilities hos. pital medical and dental sug. cries, and med ical, paramedical and other primary health cere cen tres, (@® contain no thresholds or upstends forming @Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 © © @ @ Building Regulations 1992 Provisions barier to an nsided wheelcheis user, have mesns to prevent the wheel of a wheelchair coping over the side of the accessible route, hhave doors and related hardware which are eas- ily used, nnot include spisal stirs, or stairs having open sis. ers, have steir teeds with, leading edge which is rounded, and have handrails on both sides of the accessible route when the slope of the route exceeds 1 in 20. The hemdrails shell bbe continuous along both, sides of the stais, ramp and landing except where the handrenl is inter- rupted by a doorway. D135 Vebicle spaces and circulation routes shall have (® dimensions appropsiate to the intended we, (® — spproptiate crossfall, and slope in the dizection of travel, (© adequate queving and circulation space, and (@ adequate sight distances D136 Vebicle spaces for use by people with disabilities, shall, in add ition to the requirements of Clause D1.3.5, be @ provided in sufficient suumbers, Limits on application Schedule 1 3Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 sa Provisions Limits on application ©) —located to evaid conflict between vehicles end people using or moving to or from the spece, and (© essytofind asrequiedby Clause F3 Signs. Schedule 1 clase D11(@) limit on appiation: amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 41) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR s000it19). Schedule 1 clause D1 32 lit on application: amended, on 31 October 2008, bbyregulation/ ofthe Building (Building Code: Backcountry Hut) Amendment Regulation: 2008 (SR 2008/358).Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause D2—Mechanical installations for access Dai Provisions Objective ‘The objective of this provision is to: (® _ sefeguardpeople from in- jury and loss of amenity while using mechanical installations for _move- ment into, within and out of buildings, (©) safeguard meintenance personnel fiom injury while servicing mechen- ical installations for ac- cess, and (© enmue thet people with disabilities ae able to cerry out normal activ. ities and processes within, bualdings Functional requirement Mechenicel installations for ec- cessinto, within and out of build. ings shall provide for the safe and easy movement of people, end forthe sefety of maintenance pes- sonnel, Limits application. Objective D21(@) shall apply only to those braldings to which section 47A of the Act applies. 55Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application Performance 23.1 Mechenical installations for ac- cess shall: (® move people safely, and 56 © © @ © © stop end hold as required for the normal use of the installation, for all Loads up to and including 25% in excess of the sated toad, not produce excessive acceleration or decelera- tion, bbe constructed to avoid the likelihood of people falling tripping becom- ing caught, being sble to touch or be struck by moving pasts, sharp edges or projections, under both normal end reasonably foreseeable abnormal conditions of bbe constructed to prevent collision between com- ponents, or between com- ponents end the Dralding, have s control system thet ensures sefe abnot- meal operationin the event of overlonding or failure of any single component, and bbe capable of being iso- lated for inspection, test- ing end maintenance.Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provisions D23.2 Mechenicel installations for ac- cess shall be provided with: @ © © @ ‘adequate control over normal use, to ensue people's sefety through out eny operation involv ing starting, stopping or changing the direction of travel, notificetion of position, where people are fully enclosed end the installa tion serves more then two levels, adequate lighting snd ventilation far both not- meal end emergency use, and signs es required by Clause FS Signs. D233 Mechenicel installations for ac- cess shell, for emergency pur poses, be provided with « means of @ o) © @ calling outside help, releasing people safely, safeguarding people from exposure to haardous situations, and allowing authorised per- sonnel to override the normal running proced- we and take exclusive contral ofthe installation. Limits on application Schedule 1 Pesformance D2.3.3(4) shell not apply to installations travelling less than 15 m vertically. 1Schedle 1 Provisions D234 Potentielly dangerous equip- ment shall be located in spaces whick: (@ se seowe from uneuthor- ised eny end contain only equipment associ. ated with the installation, (se appropriately sized and suitably guarded to provide adequate safe working sress for mein- tenance personnel, (© we provided with ad equate power end light- ing for maintenance, and (® have anenviconment that ensures the safe operation of the equipment under all likely conditions of D235 Mechanical installations on ac- 58 cescble routes shel: (® where the passenger con- veyor is manually con trolled provide @ controls which te easly ident- fable and easy to @ adequate notifi- cation thet the passenger con veyar has regs tered « summon sng call, end Ga) adequate notif- cation thet the passenger con ‘evar has anived and of its fe Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Limits on applicationReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application tue disection of travel, (®) where the passenger con- veyor is fully enclosed and serves more then two levels, provide an ad. equate means of inform- ing occupants of their lo- cation, (© where appropriate, have doors which @ — we power oper- ated, @ ue readily die ‘inguishable from, thar suroumd. ings, end Gi) where automatic, remain open suf. ficiently long to enable people with disabilities to pass through, and (® have handrails within the passenger conveyor. Schedule 1 clause D2.1(@) limit on application: amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amendment Regulation: 2000 (SR 2000/19), 9Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause E1—Surfacewater Provisions application. Objective EL. The objective of this provision is to: (® _ sefeguardpeople from in- jury or iliness, and other property from damage, caused by staface water, and (protect the outfalls of deeinage systems. Functional requirement E12 Bualings and sitework shall be constructed in a way thet pro- tects people and other property fiom the adverse effects of stz- Jace water Performance E131 Except as otherwise required under the Resource Management ‘Act 1991 for the protection of other property, surface water, resulting from en event having 8 10% probebility of occuing sanuelly and which is collected ox concentrated by buildings ot sitework, shell be disposed of in away thet avoids the likelihood of damage or musance to other propertyReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application E132 Stoyface water, resting from an | Performance E1 3.2 shell apply event having ¢ 2% probability of | only to housing, communal resi- occurring enaually, shell not en- | dential and commtaval non-resi- ter bualdings dential bualeings E133 Drainage systems for the dis posal of simface water shall be constructed to: (@ convey surface water to fn appropriate outfall us. ing gavity flow where possible, (© avoid the likelihood of blockages, (© svoid the likelihood of leakage, penetvation by roots, or the entry of ground weter where pipes or lined channels ere used, (® — provide reasonable ec- cess for maintenance and clearing blockages, (© void the likelihood of damage to any oufall, in fa manner acceptable to the network utility oper- ator, and © — svoid the likelihood of damage fom superim- posed loads or normal ground movements, Schedule 1 clause £131: amended, on 3 Jamary 2002, by regulation 3(7) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2001 (SR 001/374), Schedule 1 clause E1311: amended, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 4 of the Building Regulator: 1992, Amendanent No 1 (SR 1994263). Schedule 1 clause £132: amended, on 3 Jamary 2002, by regulation 318) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/374), orReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause E2—External moisture Provisions application. Objective E21 The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from ill- ness of injury thet could result fiom extemal moisture entering the bualding. Functional requirement E22 Bualdings must be constructed to | Requirement E22 doesnot apply provide adequate resistence to | tobualdings for exemple, certein penetration by, and the accumu | bus shelters, and certain bulla lation of, moisture from the out- | ings used for horticulture or for side equipment for washing motor vehicles automatically) sf mois- ture from the outside penetrating them, of accumulating within them, or both, is unlikely to im- pair significently all or say of their amenity, ducebility, and te- ‘bility. Performance E23. Roofs must shed precipitated moisture. In locations subject to siowfells, roofs must also shed melted mow. E232 Roofs end exterior walls must prevent the penetration of water thet could cause undue damp- ness, damage to balding elem- ents, or bothReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions E233 Walls, floors and structural elements in contact with, or in close proximity to, the ground must not absorb or transmit moisture in quantities thet could cause undue dampness, damage to bullding elements, or both. E234 Buileing elements susceptible to damage must be protected from the adverse effects of moistwe entering the space below sus pended floors E235 Concealed spaces and cavities in buildings must be constructed in a way thet prevents exter nal moisture being accumuleted or transferred end causing con densation, fungel growth, or the degradation of building elem- ents E236 Excess moisture present at the completion of construction must be capable of being dissipated without permanent damage to building elements E237 Building elements must be con structed in a way that mekes due sllowance for the following (® the consequences of fail- (the effects of uncertain. fies resulting from con- struction or from the se- quence in which differ. ent aspects of construc thon occur: (© vasistionin the properties of materials and in the characteristics ofthe site Limits on applicationReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule 1 clause E2: substitited, on 21 ane 2007, by regulation 4 of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: 2007 (SR 2007/124).Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause E3—Internal moisture Provisions application. Objective E3.1 The objective of this provision is to (® safeguard people agsinst illness, injury, or Loss of ‘amenity thet could result from accumulation of in- ternal moisture; and (® protect household twats and other property from. damage caused by free water from another household wut in the same bualding. Functional requirement E32 Bialdings must be constructed to void the likelihood of — (® fungal growth or the ec- cumulation of contemin- ants on linings end other bualding elements, and (fie water overfiow pen- etvating to an adjoining household rut, end (© damage to bualeing elem- ents caused by the pres- ence of moisture. Performance E331 An adequate combination of | Perfomance E331 does not thermal resistance, veniltion, | apply to communal nonesiden- an spice temperature must be | tal, commercial, intra, provided to all habitable space, | ualéngs, or aneily Bangs bathroom Indies, aad ther spaces where moisture may be genereted or may accumulateReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions E3.3.2 Free water from accidental over. flow from sanitery fixhoes ot sanitary appliances must be ds- posed fin away thet avoids loss of amenity ot damage to house- hold touts ox other property. E333 Floor sxfaces of any space con teining sanuteny fixtures or savi- tery appliances must be impervi- ous and easily cleaned E334 Wall aufaces adjacent to sant teny fistoes or saratery appli- ances must be impervious and easily cleaned E335 Susfaces of bulding elements likely to be splashed or become contamineted in the couse of the intended use of the building must be impervious end easily cleaned E336 Susfaces of bulding elements likely to be splashed:must be con- structed in a way thet prevents water splash from penetrating behind linings or into concealed spaces. Limits on application Schedule 1 clause E3: substitted, on 14 October 2004, by zegulation 3 of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: 2004 (SR 2004/31).Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause Fl—Hazardousagents on site Provisions application. Objective FL The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from injury or illness caused by hazardous agents ot contaminentts an a ste Functional requirement F12 Bialdings shell be constructed to avoid the likelihood of people within the building being ad versely affected by hecardous agents or contaminants on the ste Performance F13.1 Sites shall be assessed to deter. mine the presence and potential threat of any hacardous agents ot conteaninants F132 The likely effect of any hec- cardous agent o: contaminant on people shell be determined tak ing account of, (® the intended use of the bualding, (the nstue, potency or toxicity of the hecardous agent or contaminant, and (© the protection afforded by the buulaing envelope and building systems. oSchedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 (Clause F2—Hazardous building materials F21 F23.1 F232 F233 Provisions Objective ‘The objective of this provisions to safeguard people from injury endillness caused by exposwe to Facardous building materials, Functional requirement Bualding materials which are po- tentielly hacerdous, shall be used in ways thet avoid undue sisk to people Performance ‘The quantities of gas, liquid, ra Gistion or solid paticles emitted bymaterialsusedinthe construc- tion of buildings, shall not give rise to harmful concentrations at the surface of the materiel where the material is exposed, or in the atmosphere of any space ‘Transparent panels capable of being mistaken for enumimpeded path of travel shall be marked to make them visible Glass of other brittle materials with which people ere likely to come into contact shell: @ if broken on impact, break in a way which is unlikely to cause injury, (D —tesist « ressonsbly fore: seeable impact without breaking ot (© deprotected from impact. Limits application. Pesformance F232 does not apply to housingReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause F3— Hazardous substances and processes F31 F32 F33 Provisions Objective ‘The objective of this provisions to safeguard people from injury or illness, and other property fiom damage, caused by hc ardous substances o: processes in bualldings Functional requirement Bialdngs where hacardove sub- stances ve tored and hacardoxs Processes undertaken, shall be constructed to provide adequate protection to people andto other propery Performance Spaces in buildings where ha:- ardous substances sxe stored, handled or used, or where hac- cardous processes are undertaken, shall be located and constructed toprotect people, andother prop- erty, under both normal and ree- sonably foreseeable abnormal conditions, and shall be provided with: (@ means of restricting ue authorised access, (means of preventing he: cardous substaes, ot other materials uneccept- able to the network tity operator, from entering sewers or public drains, (© means of allowing the harmless release of pres- ssuce where there is @ sig: Limits application.Schedle 1 @ © © @ Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application nificant risk of explosion occuring, protected ignition sowces where flammable or explosive goods ae stored, means of renderingherm- less by ventilation, con teinment, dilution, or chemical or biological action, any radioactive, toxic or fismmable ‘vapours, gases or mater- iels which may escape from pipes, vessels or containers, impervious, easly cleaned suface finishes on building elements likely to be splashed or become contaminated in the cows ofthe intended use of the bualding, and signs es requised by Clause FS Signs.Reprinted as at 12 Apu 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause F4—Safety from falling Provisions application Objective F4.1 The objective of this provision is, to sefeguard people from injury caused by falling Functional requirement F42, Bualdings shell be constructed to seduce the likelihood of acciden- tel fal Performance F43.1 Where people could fall 1 metre | Performance F431 shell not or more from an opening in the | apply where such a barrier would, extemal envelope or fioar of | be incompatible with the in @ building, or from a sudden | tended use of en area, ox to tem- change of level within or asso- | porary bassiers on construction ciated with a bualcing, a bersier | sites where the possible fall is shall be provided, lessthen’3 metres, orto bualdings providing pedestrian access in remote locations where the route served presents similer naturel hazards F43.2 Roofs with permenent access shall have basriers provided F433 Swimming pools having a depth | Performance F433 shell not of water exceeding 400 mm, | apply to any pool exempted shell have barriers provided. "| under section Sof the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 nSchedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions F434 Bassiers shell @ o © @ © © @ a ‘be continuous and extend for the full extent of the hecesd, bbe of appropriate height, be constructed with ad- equate rigidity, bbe ofadequate strengthto withstand the foreseeable impact of people end where appropriate, the static presmue of people pressing against them, be constructed to pre: vent people from falling ‘through them, end inthe case of a swimming pool, restrict the access of children under 6 years of age to the pool of the immediate pool area, restrict the passage of children under 6 years of age when provided to guard a change of level in areas likely to be fie- quented by them be constructed so thet they are not readily able to be used as seats, F435 Basies to svimming pools shall have in addtionto perform- ance F434 @ all gates and doors fitted with latching devices not readily operated by chil- deen, and constructed to automatically close and latch when seleased from any stationery position 150 mm or more from Reprinted as at Limits on application Pesformance F43.4(6) shall not apply to any pool exempted under section 5 of the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 Pesformance F43.4(h) does not apply to housing.Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application the closed and secured position, but excluding diding end sliding-fold- ing doors that give access to the immediste pool suound from @ building thet forms past ofthe bar- nies, and, (no permanent objects on the outside of the ber- tier thet could provide « climbing step. Schedule I clause F431 limit on application amended, on3 Jamary 2002, by regulation 39) ofthe Building Amerdment Regulation; 2001 ($R 2001/374) Schedule 1 clause F4.33: amended, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 5(1) of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR 19947263) Schedule 1 clause F4.3.4(0): substituted, on 22 December 1994, by regulation SX@) ofthe Building Regulations 1993, Amendment No 1 (SR 1994253). Schedule 1 clause F43.4(9 limit on application: inserted, on 22 December 1994, by zegulation 5(2)(b) of the Building Regulation: 1992, Amerement No 1GR 19947263) Schedule 1 clause F43.4(g): added, on 22 Decenber 1994, by regulation SQ) ofthe Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR 1994263). Schedule 1 claice F4.34(h): added, om 21 June 2007, by segulation 5 of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: 2007 (SR 2007/124). Schedule 1 clause F4.3.5(a): substitited, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 5(3) of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR 194/263) BSchedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 Reprinted as at 12 Apa 2004 Clause F5—Construction and demolition hazards FS1 FS3.1 m4 Provisions Objective ‘The objective of this provisions to safeguard people from injury, snd other property from damage, caused by construction or demo- lution site hazards Functional requirement Construction and demolition ‘work on buildings shall be per- formed in a manner thet avoids the likelihood of, (@ objects falling onto people on or off the site, (objects falling on prop- ety off the ste, (© other hazards azising on the site affecting people off the site and other ‘property, and (® —wanuthotised entry of childrento hazards onthe site Performance Suitable construction methods shall be used to avoid the likeli hood of tools or materials felling onto places where people might bbe present Limits application.Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provisions F53.2 Where construction or demoli- tion work presents « hazard in placestowhich the public has ec- cess, barriers shall be provided snd shall: F833 F834 @ o) © @ © © ‘be of appropriate height and construction to prevent site ecards from harming traffic or passersby, bbe difficult to climb, have no opening other then those approved by the territorial authority for access and viewing, have no gates or doors which project beyond the site when opened, contain no projection that would be a hazerdto traf- fic or people, and bbe clearly marked where the bestier itself may otherwise present « hez- ardto traffic or passersby. ‘Where a construction or demo- lition site contains any hazard which might be expected to at. tect the uneuthorised entry of childten, the hazerd shall be en- closed to restrict access by chil- deen ‘Suitable bauriers shell be con structed to provide a safe route for people where lifting equip- ment creates a isk of accident from objects felling on a place of public access, or where @ simi- ler sisk results from the height at ‘which construction or demolition work is being cesried out Limits on application Schedule 1 15Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 16 Schedule second clause F5 munber: evoked, on 22 December 1994, by xgu- Intion 6 of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendanent No 1 (SR 1994/263) Schedule 1 clase F52 mumber: inserted, on 22 Decenber 1994, by regulation, 6 of the Building Regulation: 1992, Amendment No 1 ($R 1994/263).Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause F6—Visibility in escaperoutes Provisions application. Objective F6.1 The objective of this provision is tohelp safeguard people from in- jury in escape routes dosing Feil. we of the main lighting Functional requirement F62 Specified feanaes in escape | Requixement F6.2 doesnot apply routes must be made reasonably | todetached awellings, household visible by lighting systems, other | touts within medt-rout deellings, systems, or both, during failure | outbuildings, backcoromny Jus, of the main lighting ox ancillary bualldings Performance F631 Specified foanwes in escape | Performance F631 does not routes must, when the systems | apply to specified feahwes in for visibility are at their design | the initial 20 metres of an es- level, be reasonably visible. cape route if the sisk of injury, or impediment to movement of people, due to the specified fea aes not being visible islow (for example, because people are fe. ailiar with the escape route, the escape route is level, and people do not require assistence to er caps) F63.2 The systems for visibility must operate to the following percent ages of their design levels within the following times after failure of the main lighting (@ 80% in 05 seconds in locations (examples of which are given by per- formance F63.3) where there is @ high sisk of in- jury due to delay in op-Schedle 1 © © Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application eration of the systems for visibility, and 10% in 0.5 seconds, and 80% in 30 seconds, in steirs andin locations that ze unfamiliar to users, and 10% in 20 seconds, and 80% in 60 seconds, in all other locations, F633 Examples of locations (refesred to in performance F63.2(a)) where there is « high risk of in- jury due to delay in operation of the systems for visibility include (@® sees where dangerous machinery is installed: (sees where hazardous processes take place (© clinical areas of hos pitas: (@ prisons and other buald- ings in which people axe detained: (© — say put of an escape route designed for use st any time by more than 250 people. F634 The systems for visibility must operate continuously in bulings or pasts of bualldings in the fol- lowing risk groups for the fol- owing periods after filuce of the mein lighting @ mk gop A until restoration of the mein lighting system: (®) —_risk group B, 90 minutes: (© riskgroup C, 30 minutesReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application F635 Demite performance F6.3.4, if ¢ building or pact of abualding ells into both risk group A end risk group B, the systems for visibil- ity must operate for whichever is the longer of the periods speci- fiedinpeformance F6.3.4(8) and ©), F636 Signs to inckcate escape routes must be provided as required by Clause FS Signs. Schedule 1 clause F6: substitsted, on 21 June 2007, by regulation 6(1) of the ‘Building Amendment Regulation: 2007 (SR 2007/124). Schedule I clause F62 limit on application: amended, on 31 October 2008, by segulation S of the Building (Building Code: Backcounby Hut) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/38).Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause F7—Warning systems Provisions application. Objective F7.1 The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from injury or ilness due to leck of aware ness of an emergency, Functional requirement F712. Bualdings sll be provided with appropriate means of warning people to escape to a safe place in an emergency, Performance F173. [Revoked] F73.1 A means of waning must alert | Performance F73 does not apply people to the emergency in ad-| to outbualdings, backcountry equate time for them to reach a | Jus, ot ancillary buildings safe place. F732 Appropriate means of detection end waning for fire must be provided within each household tout. F733 Appropriate means of warning for fise and other emergencies must be provided in buldings as necessary to satisfy the other performance requirements of this code Schedule 1 clause F72: amended, on24 April 2003, by regulation 3(1) of the ‘Building Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003V61), Schedule 1 clause F73: revoked, on 24 April 2003, by regulation 32) of the ‘Building Amendment Regulation: 2003 (SR 2003V61) Schedule 1 clause F731: added, on 24 April 2003, by regulation 3(2) of the ‘Building Amendment Regulation: 2003 (SR 200361),Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Schedule | clause F73.1 limit onapplication: amended, on3] October 2008, by segulation 9 of the Building (Building Code: Backcounby Hut) Amendment Regulation: 2008 (SR 2008/358). Schedule 1 clause F732: added, on 24 Apuil 2003, by regulation 3(2) of the ‘Building Amendment Regulation: 2003 (SR 2003V61), Schedule 1 clause F733: added, on 24 Apuil 2003, by regulation 3(2) of the ‘Building Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003161), slSchedule Buikling Regulations 1992 Clause F8—Signs Provision Objective FB1 The objective of this provision is to (@) safeguard people fiom injury or illness resulting from inadequate identification of escape routes, or of hazards within or about the building, (b) safeguard people fiom loss of ‘amenity due to inadequate direc- tion, and (©) ensure that people with disabil- ies axe able to carry out normal activities and processes within buildings. Functional requirement F82 Signs must be provided in and about buildings to identify. (@) escape routes, (b) emergencyzelated safety fea- tures, (©) potential hazards, and (@ —accesaible routes and facilities forpeople with dsabiitves Performance FB3.1 Signs must be clearly wale ancl read ily understandable under ell conditions of foreseeable use, including emergency conditions F83.2 Signs identifying potential hazards must ‘be provided and located so that people encounter the signs before encountering ‘the potential hazard. F833 Signs to facilitate escape to a place of ‘safety muste provided and (@) be located to identify the escape routes, and Reprinted as at 12 Apa 2004 Limit on. application Objective F816) applies only those bualangs to which section 118 of the Building Act 2004 applies Requirement F8.2 does not apply to detached dwellings, or within household wats in mulf-toat dwellingsReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Schedule 1 Building Regulations 1992 Fa34 83, Provision (©) continue tomeet the performance requiements im clause F831 during failure of the main light ing for the period required by perfomance F6 3 4and perform. ance FO35. Signe must be provided and located to identify accesable routes and facilities provided for people with disabihites. Accessible routes mustbe identified with the Intemational Symbol of Access. Limit on. application Schedule I clause FS: replaced, on 10 Apsil 2012, by zegulation 7 of the Build. dng Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR. 201213),Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G1—Personal hygiene Provisions Objective G11 The objective ofthis provision is to (® safeguard people from illness caused by infec- tion or contaminetion, (D safeguard people from loss of amemity exising from the absence of ap- propriete personal hy- gene facilities, end (© ensure people with dis. abilities are able to cary out normal activities end processes within build. ings Functional requirement G12 Bualdings shell be provided with appropriate spaces and facilities for personal hygiene Performance G131 Sanitary fixhoes shell be pro- vided in sufficient umber and be appropriate for the people who se intended to use them, C132 Sanitary fixnoes shall be lo- cated, constructed and installed to: (@ facilitate sarutation, (avoid sisk of food con- tesnination, (© awuid harbouring dit ot gems, (provide appropsiate pric vay, Limits application. Objective G11(@) shell apply only to those baldings to which section 47A of the Act applies.Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application (© svoidffecting occupants of adjacent spaces from the presence of unpleas- ant odows, accumulation of offensive matter, or other source of annoy- © allow effective cleaning, (@ discharge to plumbing and deainage system as required by Clause G13 Foul water when water- ome disposal is used, and (3) provide healthy safe disposal system when non-weter-bome disposal isused 1.33 Facilities for personal hygiene shell be provided in convenient locations 134 Personal hygiene facilities pro- | Pesformance G13.4 shell not vided for people with disabilities | apply to housing, outbullde shall be accessible. ings, backcountry huts, aneil- leny bualdings, end to inchstrial buildings where no more then 10 people are employed Schedule 1 clause G1.1(@) limit on application: amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amereiment Regulation: 2000 (SR 2000/19), Schedule 1 clause G14 lint on application: amended, on 31 October 2008, bby regulation 10 of the Building (Building Code: Backcountry Huts) Amend. sent Regulation: 2008 (SR 2008/35S),Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G2—Laundering Provisions Objective G21 The objective of this provisions toenswe (@ adequate amenities for people to do laundering, and (thet people with disabil- ities ase able to cexty out normel activities and pro- cesses within buildings Functional requirement 62.2 Bualdings shell be provided with adequate space end facilities for Ieundesing Performance 623.1 Facilities shell have capacity for the intended se, end consist of _fixtes, or space and services for sppliances 623.2 Space shall be adequate in size to provide for the installation and use of fisnoes of appliances. 6233 Space andfacilities shall be pro- vided within each accommods- tion unit or may be grouped else- ‘where in a convenient location 6234 Accessible facilities shall be provided for people with disabil- ities Limits application. Objective G2.1(b) shall apply to those buildings to which section ATA of the Act applies, Reguitement G2.2 shell apply only to housing, old people's homes, eally childhood cen ‘res, cemping grounds and work camps Pesformance G2.3.4 shall epply only to camping grounds Schedule 1 clause G2.1(b) limit on application. amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amendment Regulation: 2000 (SR 2000/19),Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause G3—Food preparation and prevention of contamination Provisions Limits application. Objective G31 The objective of this provisions to: Objective G3.1(@) shall apply (® safeguard people from | only to those bualdings to which illness due to contamin- | section 47A of the Act applies. ation, (® —ensble hygienic food preparation without loss of amenity, and (© ensue thet people with disabilities ae able to cerry out normal activ ities and processes within, bualedings Functional requirement 63.2.1 Bualdings shall be providedwith | Requirement G3.2.1 shell epply space and facilities for the hy- | to housing, work camps, old Benic storage, preparation and | people’s homes and early child cooking of food, that are ad. | hood centres, and where appro- equate for the intended ce of the | priate shall also apply to com- building, ‘mercial end inehstrial bualdings whose intended uses include the manufecture, preperation, pack: aging ot storege of food. 63.2.2 Bualdings used for the storage, memufecture or processing of food, including animal products, shall be constructed to safeguard the contents from contamination 63.23 Bualdings used for the medical treatment of umans or animals, or the reception of dead bodies, shall be constructed to avoid the spread of contamination from the building contentsReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application Performance 63.3.1 Food preparation facilities shell bbe hygienic and include: Pesformance G3.3.1(@) and () (® space for a reftigesator, | shell apply to housing, work or a perishable food stor- | camps, old people's homes, age azea capable of be- | early childhood centres end.com- ing cooled and protected | mercial or industrial bualeings from vermin and insects, | whose intended uses include the (® means for food sine | handling of perishable food, ing utensil washing end | Pesformance G33.1(¢) shell waste water disposal, | apply to housing, work camps, (© means for cooking food, | old people's homes and early and childhood centres Pesformance G331(d) shell apply to housing, work camps, (® — space and a suface for | old people’s homes and early food preperation childhood centres, 63.3.2 Spaces for food preparation and utensil washing shell heve Pesformance G33.2(b) shell (® interior linings and work | apply to housing, work camps sufeces shell beimpervi- | old people’s homes and early ous andeasily cleaned, | childhood centres, and where (® — allbualdingelements can- | appropriste shell also epply to structed with materials | commercial endindustrial build. which are free from hac- | ings whose intended uses include cardous substances which | the manufacture, preparstion, could cause contemin- | packaging or storage of food, ation to the bualding con- | Performance G3.3.2(2) shall not tents, and apply to housing. (© exposed Dialing elem- ents located and shaped to avoidthe accumulation of ct. 6333 An adequate energy supply shall be provided, appropriately located for use by cooking and refiigeration appliancesReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application G334 Space and facilities shell be provided within each household tout, or grouped elsewhere in @ convenient location 6335 Where facilities are providedfor | Pesformance G3.3.5 shall epply ‘people with disabilities they shall | only to camping grounds and ac- ‘be accessible cessible accommodation wits in communal residential braldings 63.366 Spacesinbualdings shall be pro- | Pesformance G3.36 shell epply tectedfiom the ikelihood of can- | to commercial or inchstrial teminstion or vermin entering | bualeings whose intended uses reas used for the storage, pro- | include the handling of perish cessing or preparation of food, | able food, the medical treat- snd shell have a means of pre- | ment of humans or animals, the venting conteminstion spreading | slaughter of animals or the re fiom these areas to other spaces. | ception of dead bodies. Schedule 1 clause G3.1(@) limit on application: amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amereiment Regulation: 2000 (SR 2000/19), Schedule 1 second claie G32.2 mumber. revoked, on 22 December 1994, bby regulation 9 of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 SR 1994263) Schedule 1 G323 muber: insered, on 22 December 1994, by regulation of the Building Regulation: 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR 1994263).Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G4—Ventilation Provisions application. Objective G41 The objective of this provisionis to safeguard people from illness or loss of amenity due to lack of fresh ait. Functional requirement G42 Spaces within bualeings shell be provided with adequate ventile- tion consistent with their mexi- mum occupancy and their in- tended use Performance G43. Spaces within braldings shell have means of ventilation with outdoor air teat will provide an adequate number of eis changes to maintain air pusity, 6432 Mechenical sichandling sys tems shell be constructed and meinteined in a manner that prevents harmful bacteria, pathogens and allergens from snultiplying within them, 64.33 Balding: shall have a means of collecting or otherwise removing the following products from the spaces in which they are gener sted. (@ cooking fumes and odours, (® moisture from launder ing utensil washing bathing and showering, (© odours from sanitary and waste storage spaces,Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 @ © © @ a @ Building Regulations 1992 Provisions gaseous by-products and excessive moisture from commercial of industrial processes, poisonous fumes end gases, flammable fumes end gases, sisborne pasticles, bacteria, viruses or other pathogens, or products of combustion G434 Conteminsted air shall be dis- posed of in away which avoids creating a nuisance or hezerd to people and other property. G435 The quantities of air eppliedfor ventilation shall meet the addi- tional demands of any fixed com- bustion appliances Limits on application Schedule 1 Schedule 1 clause G42: amended, on 11 September 1997, by regulation (1) of the Building Amendment Regulation: 1997 (SR 197/156) Schedule 1 clause G4.3.3(): amended, on 11 September 1997, by regulation 30) of the Building Amendment Regulation: 1997 (SR 197/156). 91Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause GS—Interior environment Provisions Limits application. Objective GS5.1_ The objective of this provision is to: Objective G5.1(@) shall apply to (® safeguard people from | those bualdings to which section illness caused by low sis | 47A of the Act applies temperature, (® _safeguardpeople from in- jury or loss of cmenity ‘caused by inadequate ac- tavity space, (© safeguardpeople from in- jury caused by unsafe in- stallations, end (@ — enmue thet people with disabilities ae able to cerry out normal activ ities and processes within, bualedings Functional requirement G5.2.1 Bualdings shall be constructedto provide Requirement G52.1(@) shell (® sn adequate, controlled | apply only to habitable spaces, interior temperature, | bathrooms and recreation rooms, in old people’s homes and early childhood centres Reguitement G5.2.1(b) shell (adequate activity space | apply only to oldpeople’shomes, for the intended use, and | Requixement G52.1(0) shell (© accessible spaces and fa- | apply only to communal reside cilities hal, commiaral non-residential, and commercial buildings 5.22 Heating appliances in bualeings shell be installed in « way thet reduces the likelihood of injury.Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Performance G53.1 Habitable spaces, bathrooms snd recreation rooms shell have provision for meinteining the in- temel temperature et no less then 16°C measured et 750 mm ebove floor level, while the space is ad- equately ventilated, G53.2 Heating appliances, and eny at- tached cables, pipes or other fit tings shall be secwely fixed in place C533. Habitable spaces shell have suf- ficient space for sctivity, furni- tue, and senitery and mobility ids G534 Whese seception counters ot desks are provided for public use, at east one counter or desk shall be accessible G535 Bualdings shall be providedwith listening systems which enable enhanced hearing by people with heating aids C536 Enhanced listening systems shall be identified by signs com- plying with Clause F8 Signs. Limits on application Pesformance G5.31 shell epply only to old people's homes and early childnood centres, Pesformance G5.3.2 shell epply only to old people's homes and early childnood centres, Pesformance G5.33 shell epply only to old people’s homes. Pesformance G5.3.4 applies only to communal residential, com- munal non-residential, snd com- mercial buildings Pesformance G5 3.5 applies only to: (@ communal non-residen- fal assembly spaces oc- cupied by more than 250 people, and (® aay theatre, cinema, or public hall, and (© assembly spaces in old people’s homes occupied ‘by more than 20 people Schedule 1 clause G5.1(@) limit on application. amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amendment Regulation: 2000 (SR 2000/19), 93Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule 1 clause G52.1(b) limit on application: amended, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 10 of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 GR 1994083), o4Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause G6—Airborneand impact sound Provisions Limits application. Objective G6.1 The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from ill- ness or loss of amenity as eresult of undue noise being trensmitted between abutting occupancies Functional requirement G62 Balding elements which we common between occupancies, shall be constructed to prevent undue noise transmission from other occupancies or common spaces, to the habitable spaces of household oats. Performance 663.1 The Sound Transmission Class of walls, floors and ceilings, shell bbe no less then 55. 66.3.2 The Impact Insulation Class of floors shall be no less than 55. 95Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G7—Natural light Provisions Objective G71 The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from illness orloss of amenity due toisolation from naturel light and the outside environment. Functional requirement G72. Habitable spaces shell provide adequate openings for natural light and for a visual awareness of the outside environment Performance G73.1 Netucel light shall provide an illtaninance of no less then 30 lux at floor level for 75% of the standard year 673.2 Openings to give avereness of the outside shell be transparent snd provided in iitable loce- tions. application. Requirement G7.2 shall apply only to housing, old people's homes and early childhood cen- tesReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause G8— Artificial light Provisions application. Objective G81 The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from injury due to lack of adequate lighting Functional requirement 682 Spaces within bralcings used | RequirementG8 2 shall apply to by people, sill be provided |(@) all exinvays in mul with adequate acificial lighting tout dvellngs group ‘which, when activated in the ab- sbvellngs andl commtoral sence of sufficient natural light, residental (except back- vwll enable safe movement couniry huts), commioral non-residential, commer- tal and indhstrial buald- ings, (all access routes except those in outbuildings, backcountry Tuts, ead ancillary braleings, end (© al common spaces within multi-rout dwellings, gop dwellings, end. commie nal residential (except backcountry huts) and conmpal nor-residen- tal buildings Performance G83. Mhaninence at fioor level shall be | Pesformance G8.3 doesnot apply no less than 20 lu during efeilure of the main light. ing, when the requirements in Clause F6 Visibility in escape routes apply. Schedule I clause GS 2 limit on application (a): amended, on 31 October 208, ‘by mulation |1(1) of the Building (Buulding Code: Backcountry Hut) Amend. sant Regulation: 2008 (SR 2008/35S).Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule | clause GS? limit on application (b): amended, on 31 October 208, bby mulation 11(2) of the Building (Building Code: Backcountry Hut) Amend. sent Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/35S). Schedule I clause G8 2 limit on application (c): amended, on 31 October 2008, ‘by regulation |1(3) of the Building (Buulding Code: Backcountry Hut) Amend. sent Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/35S). Schedule 1 clause GS 3 limit on application: substitited, om 2] June 2007, by segulation 6(5) ofthe Building Amendment Regulations 2007 ($R 2007/1334)Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause GO—Electricity Provisions Objective G91 The objective of this provisions to ensue thet (@ in dualdings supplied with electricity, the elec- trical installation has safeguards ageinst out break offre and personel injwy, and (people with disabilities ‘ze able to caxry out nor mal activities and pro cesses within buildings Functional requirement 69.2. Where provided in a building, electrical installations shell be safe for their intended tse Performance 93.1 The electrical installation shell incosporate systems to: (® protect people fram con- tact with parts of the in- stellation which are live during normal operation, and to prevent parts of the installation or other bualeing elements be- coming live during fault conditions (permit the safe isolation of the installation and of electrical fittings and ap- pliances, (© safeguard people from excessive temperatures resulting from either not- mal operation of elec. Limits application. Objective G9.1¢b) shell apply only to those baldings to which section 47A of the Act applies.Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application ‘uicel equipment, or from cuarents which could ex- ceed the installation rat- ing (@ safeguard people from injwy which may result from electromechanical stress in electrical com- ponents caused by cur tents in excess of the in- stallation rating, (© protect buileing elements from tisk of ignition, im- ppaisment of their physical or mechanical properties, or function, due to tem- perature increases result- ing fiom hest transfer or electic are, © —operete safely in its in- tended envisonment, and (@ safeguard against igni- tion of the surounding atmosphere where it is potentially flammable or explosive 6932 An electrical installation sup- plying en essential service shall: (® maintain the supply for @ time appropriate to thet service, and (be capable of being iso- lated from the supply sys- tem, independently of the remeinder of the installe- tion, 100Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application 6933 An electrical installation con nected to an electrical sipply system, shall contain safeguards which protect the safety features of the extemal supply. 6934 In buildings intended for use | Pesformance G93.4 shell not by people with disabilities, light | apply to housing, outbualcings, switches end plug socket outlets | ancillary bualdings, andto nds. shall be accessible andussble. | rial buileings where no moze then 10 people are employed Schedule 1 clause G9.1(b) limit on application. amended, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 4(1) of the Building Amendment Regulation: 2000 (SR 2000/19), 101Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G10—Piped services Provisions application. Objective G1O.1 The objective of this provision is to safeguard people from in- jury or illness caused by extreme temperatures or hazardous sub- stances associated with bualding Functional requirement 10.2 In buildings provided with po- tentielly hazardous services con- taining hot, cold, fiemmable, cor- rosive or toxic fiuids, the installa. tions shall be constructed to pro- vide adequate safety for people Performance 10.3.1 Piping systems shell be con- structed to avoid the likelihood of (® — sgnificent leakage or damage ducing nommal or reasonably foreseeable sbnoxmal conditions, (® — detimentel contemin- ation of the contents by other substances, (© adverse interaction be- tween services, or be tween piping and elec. tuicel systems, and (@® — people having contact with pipes which could cause them berm, 6103.2 Provision shell be made for the ready removal of moisture or condensate in gas pipes 102Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provisions 610.33 Pipes shell be protected against corrosion in the environment of their use C1034 Piping systems shall be identi- fiedwith merkingsif the contents sce not readily apparent from the ocation or associated equipment G10.35 Enclosed spaces shall be con- structed to avoid the likelihood of accumulating vented or leak- ing ges. 10.36 Piped systems shell have sole. ton devices which permit the in- stallation or individual items of apparatus to be isolated from the supply system, for maintenance, testing fault detection and repair Limits on application Schedule 1 103Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G11—Gasasan energy source Provisions application. Objective GIA The objective ofthis provisionis te (® safeguard people from injwy ising from the use of gas as en energy owe, (safeguard people end other property from the tisk of foe or explosion, and (safeguard people from los of amernty due to te ga supply being ined quate for the intended Functional requirement G12 Inbualeings where gasis used es en energy source, the supply sys tem shell be safe and adequate for its intended use Performance G1L3.1 Supply systems shell be con structed to maintain a safe pres. sxe range appropriate to the ap- pliances and the type of gasused G1132 The gas supply to all appli- sncesin a single ventilated space, shall be fitted with an automatic cutoff activated by failwe of sny continous forced ventile- tion system used for combustion, ventilation or safe operation of & fixed gas appliance 104Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application GI133 A fiued fixed gas epplience shall have no adverse interaction with eny other flued epplisnce G1L34 Supply systems shall have iso- lation devices which permit the ‘whole installation, or individual items of apparatus, to be isolated fiom the supply for maintenance, testing fault detection or repair GIL35 Where gas is spplied from an extemal source, the supply system within bvaldings shall be constructed to avoid the likeli- hood of (® contamination of the ex- ternal supply from other ges sowces within the ualeing (©) adverse effects on the presnuce of the external supply, and (© the external supply pipe acting as an earthing cone ductor: G1136 The location endinstelletion of meters end service sisers shell meet the requirements of the net- work whility operator 105Schedle 1 Clause G12—Water supplies Provisions Objective 121 The objective of this provisionis 106 to (® safeguard people from illness or injury caused by contaminated water: (®) safeguard people from injury caused by hot water system explosion, or from contact with ex- cessively hot water (© safeguard people from loss of amenity sxising from— @ — aleckofhotwater for personel hy- gene, or @ water for human consumption that is offensive in ap- pestance, odow, or teste (@ — enmue thet people with disabilities ae able to cerry out normal activ ities end functions within bualeings Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Limits application. Objective G12.1(@ applies only to those bualdings to which sec- tion 47A of the Act appliesReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Provisions Functional requirement 12.2 Buleings provided with water outlets, sanutary fires, oF san teny appliances saust have safe endadequate weter supplies Performance 12.3.1 Water intended for mumen consumption, food preparation, utensil washing, or oral hygiene must be potable 612.32 A potable water srpply system must be— (@ protected from contemin- ation, and (installed in a manner that avoids the likelihood of contamination within the system end the water main, end (© installed using compe nents thet will not con- teminate the water. 61233 A nonpoteble water sipply system used for personel hygiene must be installed in e manner thet avoids the likelihood of ill ness of injury being caused by the system C1234 Water pipes end outlets pro vided with nom-potable water must be cleatly identified Limits on application Schedule 1 Pesformance G123.1 does not apply to backcotatry Mus 107Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 fs fs Provisions 1235 Sanitary fixtwres and sanitary appliances must be provided ‘with hot water when intended to bbe used for— (@ Utensil washing, end (personal washing, show- xing, or bathing 12.3.6 Ifhotwateris providedtosani- teny fishes and sanitery appli- ances used for personal hygiene, itmust be delivered at atempere. ture thet avoids the likelihood of scalding, 123.7 Water supply systems must be 10s instelledin a manner thet— (@ pipes water to sanitary “fixtres and semitary ep- ‘pliences at fiow rates that ‘ze adequate for the cor tect functioning of those (fixtres end appliances ‘under normal conditions, and (© avoids the likelihood of leakage, and (© allows reasonable access to components likely to need maintenance; and (@ — allows the system and any backflow prevention devices to be isolated for testing and maintenance Reprinted as at Limits on application Pesformance G123.5(8) ap plies to only housing, retirement homes, and early childhood cen- tesReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions Limits on application 12.38 Vessels used for producing or storing hot water must be pro- vided with safety features that— (@ — selieve excessive pres sue duving both normal and abnormal concltions, and (limit temperatures to avoid the likelihood of fash steam production in the event of rupture 612.39 A hot water system must be capable of being controlled to prevent the growth of legionella bacteria 6123.10 Water supply tepemust be ac- | Pesformance G123.10 applies cessible and usable for people | only to those bualdings to which with disabilities section 47A of the Act applies. Schedule 1 clause G12: substituted, on 3 Jamary 2002, by regulation (10) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/374) Schedule 1 clause G12.31 limit on application: inserted, on 31 October 2008, bby regulation 12 of the Building (Building Code: Backcountry Huts) Amend” sent Regulations 2008 (SR 200/358). 109Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G13—Foul water Provisions application. Objective GI3.1 The objective of this provisionis to: (® safeguard people from illness due to infection or contamination resulting from personal hygiene activities, and (safeguard people from loss of amenity due to the presence of unpleasant odows or the accumula tion of offensive matter resulting from foul water disposal Functional requirement 13.2 Buileings in which sanitary fix- noes and sanuteny appliances us- ing water-bane waste disposal sce installed must be provided with— (@ sn adequate plumbing and diainage system to cexry_foul water to appro- priate outfall, end (if no sewer is avail- able, an adequate sys. tem for the storage, reat- ‘ment, and disposal of foul water noReprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apna 2004 Provisions Performance 13.3.1 The plumbing system shall be constructed to: (@ convey foul water from Duildings to a desinage system, (© avoid the likelihood of blockage and leakege, (© evoid the likelihood of foul air and gases enter- ing bualldings, and (® — provide reasonable ec- cess for maintenance and clearing blockages 13.3.2 The deeinage system shall: @ © © @ © © convey foul water to an appropriate outfall, bbe constructed to avoid the likelihood of tlock- see, bbe supported, jointed and protected in a way thet vwill avoid the likelihood of penetration of roots or the entry of groundwater, bbe provided with reason. able access for mainten- ance and cleaing block- ages, bbe ventilated to avoid the likelihood of foul sir end geses accumulating in the drainage system end sewer, and bbe constructed to avoid the likelihood of damage from superimposed loads or normal ground move- ment Limits on application Schedule 1 muSchedle 1 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions G13.33 Where « cower connection is available, the drainege system shall be connected to the sewer, sndithe connection shell be made in a manner thet avoids damage tothe sewer endistothe approval of the network utility operator. G13.34 If no sewer is available, facil- ities for the storage, treatment, and disposal of foul water must bbe constructed— m2 @ © © @ © @ with adequate capacity for the volume of foul water and the frequency of cksposal; and with adequate vehicle ac- cess for collection if re- quired, and to avoid the likelihood of contamination of any potable water supplies in compliance with Clause G12 Water supplies, end to avoid the likelihood of contamination of soils, ground water, and water. ways except as permit. ted under the Resource Management Act 1991; and from materials thet ae impervious both to the foul water for which és ‘posal is required, and to water, and to avoid the likelihood of blockage and leakage; and to avoid the likelihood of foul sir end gases accu Limits on applicationReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 @ a wo Building Regulations 1992 Provisions smuleting within or enter- inginto buildings, and to avoid the likelihood of unauthorised access by people; and to permit easy cleaning and maintenance; and to avoid the likelihood of damage from super. imposed loads or normal ground movement, and if those facilities ae busied underground, to resist hyckostatic uplift presmwes, Limits on application Schedule 1 Schedule 1 clause G13. substituted, on 21 Jane 2007, by regulation 7) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 2007124), Schedule 1 classe G13.34: substituted, on 21 Fane 2007, by regulation 1(2) of the Building Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 20071134), 3Reprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Clause G14—Industrial liquid waste Provisions application. Objective GI4.1 The objective of this provisions to safeguard people from injury or illness caused by infection or contamination resulting from in- dustial liquid waste Functional requirement G14.2 Buildings, in which industrial li- quid waste is generated shall be provided with adequate spaces tnd facilities for the safe and hy- gienic collection, holding treat. ment and dkspostl of the waste Performance G14.3.1 Industriel iquid waste shall be conveyed to storage conteiners snd within disposal systems ine way which wil: (@® transfer wastes from buildings safely and hy- gienically, (© avoid the likelihood of blockage and leakege, (© void the likelihood of foul air and gases enter- ing bualldings, and (® — provide reasonable ec- cessfor clesting of block- ages 14.3.2 Facilities for the storage, treat- ment, and disposal of indus tuiel liquid waste must be con- structed— (@ with adequate cepecity for the volume of waste uaReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 © © @ © @ @ a ® Building Regulations 1992 Provisions and the frequency of dis. posal, and with adequate vehicle ac- cess for collection if re- quired, and to avoid the likelihood of contamination of any potable water supplies in compliance with Clause G12 Water supplies, end to avoid the likelihood of contamination of soils, ground water, and water. ways except as permit. ted under the Resource Management Act 1991; and from materials thet ae impervious both to the waste for which disposal is required, end to water, and to avoid the likelihood of blockage and leakage; and to avoid the likelihood of foul air end gases accu sulting within or enter- inginto buildings, and to avoid the likelihood of unauthorised access by people; and to permit easy cleaning and maintenance; and to avoid the likelihood of damage from super. imposed loads or normal ground movement, and if those facilities ae busied underground, to resist hyckostatic uplift presawes, Limits on application Schedule 1 usReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule | clause G143.2: ibsitted, on 1 Fane 2007, by regulation of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: 2007 (SR 2007/124). usReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause G1S—Solid waste Provisions application. Objective GIS.L The objective of this provisions to safeguard people from injury or illness caused by infection or contamination from solid waste Functional requirement GIS.2 Buileings shall be providedwith | Requirement G15.2 shall not space andfacilitiesfor the callec- | apply to detached dwellings, tion, and safe hygienic holding | houseliold wuts of mult-tout prior to disposal, of solid waste | civellings, outhaldings ox ancil- tuising from the intended use of | liary bualeinge if there is inde- the bualdings pendent access or private open space at ground level. Performance G1S3.1 Where provision is made ‘within bualdings for the callec- tion end temporary holding of solid waste, the spaces provided shall be (@ of nifficient size for the volume of waste end fire- quency of disposal, (®) provided with reasonable access for the deposit. ing and collection of the waste, (© capable of meinteining sanitary conditions hev- ing regard to the types of waste and storage con tainers, and (@ capable of mainteining the appropriste tempere- ture for the type of waste stored. uySchedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions G1S.3.2 Where a rubbish chute is pro- vided, it shell be located and com structed to (@ convey the solid waste to an approptiate storage container, (© svoid the likelihood of blockage or leakage, (© permit easy cleaning and maintenance, (® —evoid the likelihood of foul air or gases accu mulsting or entering the bualding, (© avoid the likelihood of the spread of fire beyond the refuse chute, © have openings thet allow waste to be safely de- posited in the chute, and (@ —sestrict access by chil- deen, enimals and ver. G1S.33 Where it is acceptable to the network utility operator, solid waste which hes been suitably treated for disposal to @ sewer may be discharged vie a foul us water drain complying ‘with Clause G13 Foul Water. Reprinted as at Limits on application Schedule 1 clause G153.2(9; amended, on 22 December 1994, by regulation 13 of the Building Regulations 1992, Amendment No 1 (SR 1994263).Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Clause H1—Energy efficiency provisions Hl M2 Provisions Objective ‘The objective of this provisions to facilitate efficient use of en- oy. Functional requirement Bualdings must be constructed to achieve an adequate degree of energy efficiency when thet en- exgy 18 used for— (@ modifying temperature, modifying humidity, pro- viding ventilation, or do- ing all or any of those things, or (® providing hot water to andfrom sanitary fixhres ox sanitary applicnces, o both; or (© providing attificiel Light ing Limits application. Objective HII applies only when the energy is sowced from a network utility operator ox depletable energy resource. Requirement H12(@) does not apply to assembly service build ings, industrial buildings, out- buildings, ot ancillary buildings. Reguitement H12(2) applies only tocommercial bualeings and communal non-residential buald- ings whose floor aren is greater ‘then 300 m* ugReprinted as at Schedle 1 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Provisions Limits on application Performance HI3.1 The bulding envelope enclor. ing spaces where the temperate or humidity (ar both) sre modi fied must be constructed to— (® provide adequate ther- mal resistence, and (limit uncontrollable iz flow. H132 [Revoked] HI32A [Revoted) H132B [Revoked] H132€ [Revoted) H132D [Revoted) HI32E Balding: must be constructed | Performance H13.2E applies to enswe thet their bualding per- | only to housing. formance index does not exceed 155 H133 Account must be teken of phys ical conditions likely to affect en- exgy performance of buildings, including— @ the thamal mess of bualding elements, and (® the building orientation and shape; and (© the sistightness of the building envelope; and (@ the heat gains from ser vices, processes and oc- cupants, and (© the local climate, and © het grins from solar re: dation. 120Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Schedule 1 Provisions HI34 Systemsforthe heating storage, or distribution of hot water to and. fiom sanitary fishes ox sanitary appliances must, having regard to the energy sowce used — (® _ limitthe energylostin the heating process, and (® be constructed to limit heat losses from storage vessels endfiom distibu- tion systems, end (© be constructed to facili tate the efficient use of hot water HISS Artificial lighting fictwes must— (@ be Located and sized to limit energy use, consis. tent with the intended use of space, and (be fitted with a means to ensble light intensities to be reduced, consistent with reduced actiuty in the space HI36 HVAC systems must be located, constructed, and installed to— (® limit energy use, consis tent with the intended use of space, and (® —ensble them to be mein- tained to enmwe their use of energy remeins limited, consistent with, the intended use of space Limits on application Pesformance H1.3.4(b) does not apply to individual storage ver. sels thet are greater than 700 litves in capacity, Pesformance H13.4(6) applies only to housing. Pesformance H135 does not apply to lighting provided solely to meet the requiements of Clause F6. Pesformance Hl 3.6 applies only to commercial buildings Schedule 1: contin in force, on 31 March 2005, by regulation 82)(@) of the Building Fon) Regulatons 7004 (SR 204/385) Schedule 1 clause H1: substituted, on 29 December 2000, by regulation 5 of the Building Amenslment Regulations 2000 (SR 2000/11) 11Reprinted as at Schedule 2 Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Schedule 1 classe H1 2a): substituted, on 1 Febmiaty 2008, by regulation 5 of the Building (Building Code: Energy Efficiency of Temperature, Humadity, and ‘Ventilation Systeme) Amendment Regulations 2008 ($R 2008/97). Schedule | clause H1.2): amended, on | February 008, by regulation 4 ofthe Building Building Code: Energy Bficiency of Domestic Hot Water Syztexs) ‘Amendment Regulations 2008 ($R 2008/26). Schedule I clase Hl 32: revoked, on 31 October 2007, by regulation 5of the ‘Building Amendment Regulation: (Mo 2) 3007 (SR 20071226) Schedule 1 clause H3.2A: revoked, on 30 kane 2008, by regulation 6 of the ‘Building Amereiment Regulation: (Wo 2) 2007 (SR 20071226) Schedule 1 clause Hl 3.2B: revoked, on 30 June 2008, by regulation 6 of the ‘Building Amerdment Regulation: (ifo 2) 2007 (SR 20071226) Schedule I clause Hl 3.2C: sevoked, on 30 September 2008, by regulation 7(1) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 ($R 2007/2 Schedule I clause H1 32D: revoked, on30 September 2008, by regulation 7(1) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 ($R 2001/22 Schedule 1 clause H1 3.2E: inserted, on 30 Septenber 2008, by zegulation 7(1) of the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 ($R 2007/2 Schedule 1 clause H134: substituted, on 1 Febmary 2009, by regulation 5 of the Bulding (Building Code: Energy Eficiency of Domestic Hot Water Sys- tems) Amendment Regulation: 2008 ($R 208/256) Schedule 1 clause H1.36: added, on 1 Febmary 2008, by regulation 6 of the Building (Building Code: Eneigy Efficiency of Temperature, Humidity, and ‘Ventilation System) Amendment Regulations 2008 ($ 2008/97) Schedule 2 1 [Revoked] Schedule 2: revoked for all purpores, on 31 May 2006, by regulation Sb) of the Building For) Regulations 2004 ($R 2004/38) Marie Shroff, Clerk of the Executive Council Issued under the authority ofthe Act and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notation in Gacerte- 11 Jane 1982 ImReprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Building (Forms) Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/385) Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 8th day of November 2004 Present Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 402 ofthe Building Act 2004, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for Building Issues, makes the following regulations Regulations 1 Title ‘These regulations are the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004 2 Commencement (1) These regulations (except regulations 5 and 8 and Part 2 of the Schedule) come into force on 30 November 2004 (2) Regulations 5 and 8 and Part 2 of the Schedule come into force on 31 March 2005 Revocation 8 — Revocation (1) The Building Regulations 1992 (SR 1992/150) are revoked. (2) However, despite the revocation of the Building Regulations 1992,— 133Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 (@) regulation 3 and Schedule 1 of those regulations con- tinue in force: and (©) so much of regulation 4 and Schedule 2 of those regu- lations as relate to forms 16 (application for approval as an individual building certifier) and 17 (application for approval as a comporate building certifier) continue in force and apply for the purposes of section 441 of the Act until 31 May 2006. Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council Date of notification in Gacete: 11 Noventbex 2004 14Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 2007/226) Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government Order in Council ‘At Wellington this 13th day of August 2007 Present The Right Hon Helen Clark presiding in Council Pursuant to section 400 of the Building Act 2004, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Minister (as defined by section 7 of that Act) made, as required by section 403(2) of that Act, after he or she became satisfied that the chief executive (as so defined) has consulted in accordance with section 403(3) and (4) of that Act, makes the following regulations. Regulations 1 Title ‘These regulations are the Building Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 2 Commencement (1) These regulations (other than regulations 6 and 7) come into force on 31 October 2007. (2) Regulation 6 comes into force on 30 June 2008 (3) Regulation 7 comes into force on 30 September 2008 135@ QQ) @) Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 Saving: building work not affected by amendments ‘The building code set out in Schedule I of the principal regu- lations applies to the following building work as if these regu- lations had not been made @ © building work that is in climate zone 1, climate zone 2, or climate zone 3, is building work for which a building consent is required, and is covered by an application— @ for a building consent or a certificate of accept- ance, and (G) made before the close of 30 October 2007: building work that is in climate zone 1 or climate zone 2, is building work for which a building consent is re- quired, and is covered by an application— @ for a building consent or a certificate of accept- ance, and (a) made after the close of 30 October 2007 and be- fore the close of 29 June 2008: building work that isin climate zone 1, is building work for which a building consent is required, andis covered by an application— @ for a building consent or a cestificate of accept- ance, and (a) made after the close of 29 June 2008 and before the close of 29 September 2008. For the purpose of subclause (1)(b), building work partly in climate zone 3 and partly in climate zone 2 must be treated as if it were building work in climate zone 2 For the purpose of subclause (1)(c), building work partly in climate zone 2 and partly in climate zone 1 must be treated as if it were building work in climate zone 1 Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council Date of notification in Gacerte: 16 August 007, 126Rented at 1 Apa ooo! Building Regulations 1992 Building (Building Code: Energy Efficiency of Temperature, Humidity, and Ventilation Systems) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/97) Anand Satyanand, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 7th day of April 2008 Present His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 400 of the Building Act 2004, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Minister (as defined by section 7 of that Act) made, as required by section 403(2) of that Act, after he or she became satisfied that the chief executive (as so defined) has consulted in accordance with section 403(3) and (4) of that Act, makes the following regulations Regulations 1 Title ‘These regulations are the Building (Building Code Energy Efficiency of Temperature, Humidity, and Ventilation Sys- tems) Amendment Regulations 2008 2 Commencement ‘These regulations come into force on 1 February 2009 wwReprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 7 Saving: building work not affected by amendments ‘The building code set out in Schedule I of the principal regu- lations applies as if these regulations had not been made to building work covered by an application— (@) _ forabuilding consent or a certificate of acceptance, and (&) made before the close of 31 January 2009. Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council Date of notification in Gacette: 10 Apa 2008 1sRented at 1 Apa ooo! Building Regulations 1992 Building (Building Code: Energy Efficiency of Domestic Hot Water Systems) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/256) Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government Order in Council At Wellington this 11th day of August 2008 Present: Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council Pursuant to section 400 of the Building Act 2004, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Minister (as defined by section 7 of that Act) made, as required by section 403(2) of that Act, after he or she became satisfied that the chief executive (as so defined) has consulted in accordance with section 403(3) and (4) of that Act, makes the following regulations. Regulations 1 Title ‘These regulations are the Building (Building Code Energy Efficiency of Domestic Hot Water Systems) Amendment Regulations 2008 2 Commencement ‘These regulations come into force on 1 February 2009 19Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 6 Saving: building work not affected by amendments ‘The building code set out in Schedule I of the principal regu- lations applies as if these regulations had not been made, to ‘building work covered by an application that is— (@) for abuilding consent or certificate of acceptance, and (&) made before the close of 31 January 2009. Rebecca Kitteridge, Clerk of the Executive Council Date of notifcation in ete: 14 August 008, 130Reprinted as at 12 Apna 2004 Building Regulations 1992 Building Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/33) Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this Sth day of March 2012 Present His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 400 of the Building Act 2004, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for Building and Construction, makes the following regulations. Regulations 1 Title ‘These regulations are the Building (Building Code: Fire Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012. 2 Commencement ‘These regulations come into force on 10 April 2012 3 Principal regulations ‘These regulations amend the Building Regulations 1992 (the principal regulations), regulation 3 and Schedule 1 of which continue in force in accordance with— (@)__ section 415(2)(@) of the Building Act 2004; and (b) regulation 8(2)(a) of the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004 131Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 8 Transitional provision (1) For the period of 12 months following the commencement of these regulations, compliance with clauses C1 to C4 of Sched- ule 1 in force immediately before amendment by these regu- lations is deemed to be compliance with clauses Cl to C6 of Schedule 1 as amended by these regulations. (2) For the period of 3 months following the commencement of these regulations, compliance wath clause F8 of Schedule 1 in force immediately before amendment by these regulations is deemed to be compliance with clause F8 of Schedule 1 as amended by these regulations (3) For the purposes only of deemed compliance under subclause (1) o (2), any definition that is revoked by regulation 4(1) continues to apply. Rebecca Kitteridge, Clerk of the Executive Council Date of notification in Gacette: § March 2012. 12Reprinted as at 12 Apu 2004 Buikling Regulations 1992 Notes Contents 1 General 2 Status of reprints 3 How reprints are prepared 4 Changes made under section 17C ofthe Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 5 List of amendments incomporated in this reprint (most recent fist) Notes 1 General This is a reprint of the Building Regulations 1992. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 10 April 2012, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http: //www:pco parliament govt nzlreprints/ 2 Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint. ‘This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin- cipal enactment and its amendments are contained 3 How reprints are prepared ‘A number of editorial conventions are followed in the prep- aration of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked 133Notes 134 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see hittp:/hwwwpco parliament govt nz/editorial-conventions! or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted. Anew format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C. of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legisla- tion reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and refiects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint, In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the au- thority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint. + omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) + typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) + layout of provisions, including + indentation + position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) + format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) + format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the Ist day of January 1999” isnow expressed as"1 January 1999")Reprinted as at 12Apal 2008 Building Regulations 1992 Notes + position ofthe date of assent (itnow appears on the front page of each Act) + punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions) + Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly + case and appearance of letters and words, including + format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial cap- ital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) + small capital letters in section and subsection ref- erences are now capital letters + schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accord- ingly + running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) + format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chrono- logical). 5 Listof amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent firs) Building Building Code: Fie Safety and Signs) Amendment Regulations 2012 GR201233) ‘Building (Building Code: Backcounty Hut:) Amendment Regulations 2008 (GR 208/358) Building Building Code: Energy Eficiency of Domestic Hot Water Systems) ‘Amendment Regulations 2008 (88 2008/236) Building (Building Code: Eneigy Efficiency of Temperature, Humidity, and ‘Ventilation Systeme) Amendment Regulations 2008 ($R 2008/97) Building Amerdiment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 2007122 ‘Building Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/124) ‘Education Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 19): section 60) Building (Fons) Regulations 2004 ($R 2004/385): regulation S ‘Building Amendment Regulations 2004 (SR 2004/317) 135Notes 136 Reprinted as at Building Regulations 1992 12 Apa 2004 ‘Building Amendment Regulations 2003 (SR 2003V61) ‘Building Amereiment Regulation: 2001 (SR 2001/374) Building Amereiment Regulation: 2000 (SR 20001119) Building Amereiment Regulation: 1997 (SR 1997156) Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (1996 No 30): section 1500) Building Regulation: 1992, AmerdmentNo 1 (SR 194/263) ‘Regn ew Za Pad er ena nd Gr 02