NCC 2022 Volume One - Building Code of Australia Class 2 to 9 buildings
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G5

Part G5 Construction in bushfire prone areas

Part G5 Construction in bushfire prone areas

QLD G5P1 Bushfire resistance2019: QLD GP5.1

Delete clause G5P1 and insert QLD G5P1 as follows:

A building that is constructed in a designated bushfire prone area must be designed and constructed to—

  1. reduce the risk of ignition from a design bushfire with an annual exceedance probability not more than 1:100 years, or 1:200 years for a Class 9 building; and
  2. take account of the assessed duration and intensity of the fire actions of the design bushfire; and
  3. be designed to prevent internal ignition of the building and its contents; and
  4. maintain the structural integrity of the building for the duration of the design bushfire.

Applications

G5P1 applies in a designated bushfire prone area to—

  1. a Class 2 or 3 building; and
  2. a Class 9a health-care building; and
  3. a Class 9b—
    1. early childhood centre; and
    2. primary or secondary school; and
  4. a Class 9c residential care building; and
  5. a Class 10a building or deck immediately adjacent or connected to a building of a type listed in (a) to (d)

but does not apply when the classified vegetation is Group F rainforest (excluding wet sclerophyll forest types), mangrove communities and grasslands under 300 mm high.

2019: QLD GP5.1
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QLD G5D2 Application of Part2019: QLD G5.1

Delete clause G5D2 and insert QLD G5D2 as follows:

(1) The Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of this Part apply in a designated bushfire prone area to—

  1. a Class 2 or 3 building; or
  2. a Class 9a health-care building; or
  3. a Class 9b—
    1. an early childhood centre; or
    2. a primary or secondary school; or
  4. a Class 9c residential care building; or
  5. a Class 10a building or deck associated with a building of a type listed in (a) to (d).

(2) The Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of this Part do not apply when the classified vegetation is Group F rainforest (excluding wet sclerophyll forest types), mangrove communities and grasslands under 300 mm high.

2019: QLD G5.1
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