Building Regulations 2012 (WA)

Western Australia Building Act 2011 Building Regulations 2012 Western Australia Building Regulations 2012 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 3A. Building Code 1 Part 2 — General matters 4. Approval of manner or form of things (s. 3) 1 4A. Authorised persons (s. 93(2)(d)) 1 4B. Identity cards 1 5. Building surveyors (s. 3) 1 6A. Building work (s. 3) 1 6. Classification of buildings and incidental structures (s. 3) 1 10. Owners of land (s. 5(1)) 1 11A. Restriction on circumstances where person treated as owner (s. 5(2)) 1 11. Fees 1 12. Building records to be kept (s. 130) 1 13. Inspection, copies of building records (s. 131) 1 14. Provision of information to Building Commissioner (s. 132) 1 14A. Confidentiality exceptions (s. 146) 1 15A. Provision of information to FES Commissioner (s. 149) 1 15B. Modifications to AS 1926.1‑2012 (s. 150) 1 15C. Modifications to Building Code (s. 150) 1 Part 3 — Building and demolition permits 15. Uncertified applications (s. 14(2)) 1 16. Application for building and demolition permits (s. 16) 1 17. Further information (s. 18(3) and (4)) 1 18A. Certificate of design compliance — contents (s. 19(5)) 1 18B. Certificate of design compliance — preliminary action (s. 19(6)) 1 18C. Certificate of design compliance — things to accompany (s. 149) 1 18. Grant of building permit (s. 20) 1 19. Grant of demolition permit (s. 21) 1 20. Time for deciding application for building or demolition permit (s. 23) 1 21. Form and content of building permit (s. 25) 1 22. Form and content of demolition permit (s. 25) 1 23. Application to extend time during which permit has effect (s. 32) 1 24. Extension of time during which permit has effect (s. 32(3)) 1 25. Review of decision to refuse to extend time during which permit has effect (s. 32(3)) 1 26. Approval of new responsible person (s. 35(c)) 1 27. Required inspection and tests: Class 2 to Class 9 buildings (s. 36(2)(a)) 1 29. Inspection certificates (s. 36(2)(h) and (j)) 1 30. Transitional provisions (s. 203) 1 Part 4 — Building standards Division 1 — Applicable building standards Subdivision 1 — Building standards in relation to construction 31A. Applicable building standards generally (s. 3, 19(3) and 37(1)) 1 31BA. Applicable building standards for buildings and incidental structures in bush fire prone areas (s. 3, 19(3), 37(1) and (2), 57(3), 49(b), 51(2) and (3)) 1 31C. Applicable building standards for swimming pools and barriers to swimming pools (s. 3, 19(3), 37(1) and (2), 51(3) and 57(3)) 1 31D. Applicable building standards for relocated buildings and incidental structures (other than swimming pools) (s. 3, 19(3) and 37(1) and (2)) 1 31E. Applicable building standards for building work done without permit (s. 3 and 37(2)) 1 31F. Applicable building standards for replacement occupancy permit for permanent change of building's use (s. 3, 57(3) and 49(a)) 1 31G. Applicable building standards for replacement occupancy permit for change of building's classification, or occupancy permit for unauthorised work to building, or for building approval certificate for unauthorised work to building or incidental structure (s. 3, 49(b), 51(2) and (3) and 57(3)) 1 31H. Applicable building standards for modification of occupancy permit for additional use of building on temporary basis, for occupancy permit for building with existing authorisation or for building approval for building or incidental structure with existing authorisation (s. 3, 57(4)(b), 48 and 52(1) and (2)) 1 31HA. Applicable building standards for non‑combustible external walls (s. 3, 19(3), 37(1) and (2) and 57(3)) 1 31HB. Transitional provisions for Building Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2015 1 31IA. Transitional provision for Building Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023 1 Subdivision 2 — Building standards in relation to demolition 31I. Applicable building standards in relation to demolition work (s. 3 and 38) 1 Division 2 — Demonstrating compliance with building standards 31J. Compliance with building standards — CodeMark certificates 1 Division 3 — Non‑application, modification, of building standards 31. Terms used 1 32. Statements to accompany application (s. 39(8)(b)) 1 32A. Statement to accompany transitional bush fire application (s. 39(8)(b)) 1 33. Decisions on applications (s. 39(9)(a)) 1 34. Revoking or amending declarations (s. 39(9)(b)) 1 Part 5 — Occupancy permits and building approval certificates 35. Display of occupancy permit details (s. 42(a)) 1 36A. Further information (s. 55(3) and (4)) 1 36. Certificate of building compliance (s. 57) 1 37. Grant of occupancy permit or building approval certificate (s. 58) 1 38. Time for granting occupancy permit or building approval certificate (s. 59) 1 40. Extension of period of duration of time limited occupancy permit or building approval certificate (s. 65) 1 Part 6 — Circumstances in which building, demolition or occupancy permits not required 41. Building work for which building permit not required (s. 9(b)) 1 42. Demolition work for which demolition permit not required (s. 10(c)) 1 43. Buildings for which occupancy permit not required (s. 41(2)) 1 Part 7 — Work affecting other land 44A. Terms used 1 44. Owner of land for purposes of Part 6 of Act 1 45A. Minor encroachments (s. 76(1)(c)) 1 45B. Circumstances prescribed for purposes of section 76(1)(e) 1 45. Content of notice about effect on other land (s. 85) 1 Part 8 — Existing buildings Division 1 — General 47. Notification of change of classification of certain buildings and incidental structures 1 Division 2A — Maintenance 48A. Maintenance of buildings 1 Division 2 — Private swimming pools 48. Terms used 1 49. Application of this Division 1 50. Barrier to private swimming pool 1 50A. Pool barrier requirements 1 51. Approvals by permit authority 1 52. Concessions for pre‑November 2001 private swimming pools 1 53. Inspection of barrier to private swimming pool 1 53A. Charges may be imposed for inspection of barrier 1 53B. Local governments to give Building Commissioner information 1 54A. Temporary pool barriers 1 54. Transitional provision — persons authorised by regulation 5A 1 Division 3 — Smoke alarms 55. Terms used 1 56. Requirement to have smoke alarms or similar prior to transfer of dwelling 1 57. New owner must install smoke alarms or similar, and right to recover costs 1 58. Requirement to have smoke alarms or similar prior to tenancy 1 59. Requirement to have smoke alarms or similar prior to hire of dwelling 1 60. Requirements for smoke alarms 1 61. Local government approval of battery powered smoke alarms 1 62. Requirement to maintain certain smoke alarms 1 Part 10 — Infringement notices 69. Prescribed offences and modified penalties 1 70. Approved officers and authorised officers 1 71. Forms 1 Schedule 1 — Estimated value of building work 1. Terms used 1 2. Estimated value of building work 1 3. Estimated value of unauthorised building work 1 Schedule 2 — Fees Division 1 — Applications for building permits, demolition permits Division 2 — Application for occupancy permits, building approval certificates Division 3 — Other applications Schedule 3 — Inspections or tests of systems 1. Term used: EP 1 Schedule 4 — Building work that does not require building permit 1. Areas where building permit not required for certain work 1 2. Kinds of building work for which a building permit is not required 1 Schedule 5 — Areas of State where Part 8 Division 2 applies Schedule 6 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties Division 1 — Offences under the Act Division 2 — Offences under these regulations Schedule 7 — Forms Notes Compilation table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Building Act 2011 Building Regulations 2012