Environmental Planning and Assessment (Development Certification and Fire Safety) Regulation 2021

It is a condition of a construction certificate for building work involving the installation, extension or modification of a relevant fire safety system in a class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building that the building work must not commence unless—

plans have been submitted to the principal certifier that show—

for building work involving the installation of the relevant fire safety system—the layout, extent and location of key components of the relevant fire safety system, or

for building work involving the extension or modification of the relevant fire safety system—the layout, extent and location of the new or modified components of the relevant fire safety system, and

specifications have been submitted to the principal certifier that—

describe the basis for the design, installation and construction of the relevant fire safety system, and

identify the provisions of the Building Code of Australia on which the design of the system is based, and

the plans and specifications—

are certified by a compliance certificate as complying with the relevant provisions of the Building Code of Australia, or

are endorsed by an accredited practitioner (fire safety) as complying with the relevant provisions of the Building Code of Australia, and

if the plans and specifications were submitted before the construction certificate was issued—they are endorsed by a certifier with a statement that the certifier is satisfied they correctly identify the relevant performance requirements and deemed-to-satisfy provisions, and

if the plans and specifications were not submitted before the construction certificate was issued—they are endorsed by the principal certifier with a statement that the principal certifier is satisfied they correctly identify the relevant performance requirements and deemed-to-satisfy provisions.

Subsection (1)(c)(ii) does not apply to the extent of an exemption under section 74(4).