Practice Notes
2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Practice Notes
Due to the introduction of the Building Regulations 2006 from 13 June 2006, all Practice Notes have been updated and are available in the table below.
Practice Notes (numerical order) |
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| Building controls for bushfire safety (Interim) |
 PN 2009-42 (Interim) (140KB) |
| Water Saving Options available when testing fire safety systems |
PN 2007-61 (513KB) |
| Assessing Class 1 buildings with timber floor |
PN 2007-60 (200KB) |
| Sprinkler Systems - alternative solutions and role of chief officer |
PN 2007-59 (91KB) |
| Protection of Public |
PN 2007-58 (1.24MB) |
| Report and Consent |
PN 2007-57 (1.67MB) |
| Owner-builder Certificate of Consent |
PN 2006-56 (453KB) |
| Residential sustainability measures | |
| Building permits and community infrastructure levies |
PN 2006-54 (446KB) |
| Dwelling statistics |
PN 2006-53 (304KB) |
| Building permit levy - payment by third party cheque |
PN 2006-52 (299KB) |
| Building permit levy - liability to pay and refunds |
PN 2006-50 (297KB) |
| Building permit levy - calculation rounding policy |
PN 2006-49 (297KB) |
| Building permit levy - requirement to forward to the Building Commission |
PN 2006-48 (297KB) |
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Part 4 of the building regulations |
PN 2006-47 (2.73MB) |
| Bushfire safety - suitability of timber |
PN 2006-46 (411KB) |
| Legionella initiative - risk management |
PN 2006-45 (486KB) |
| Building permit and planning permit consistency |
PN 2006-44 (1.14MB) |
| Demolition of buildings |
PN 2006-43 (1.14MB) |
| Plumbing Compliance certificates and issue of occupancy permits |
PN 2006-41 (411KB) |
| Fire alarm monitoring systems |
PN 2006-40 (411KB) |
| Building Appeals Board guide to applications for modifications and compliance assessments |
PN 2006-39 (1.14MB) |
| Fire hydrants: system design, installation, commissioning and testing |
PN 2006-38 (516KB) |
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Fire performance requirements of the BCA |
PN 2006-37 (237KB) |
| Building permit for a stage of Building Work |
PN 2006-36 (392KB) |
| Lapsed building permits |
PN 2006-35 (346KB) |
| Issuing building permits prior to registration of plans of subdivision |
PN 2006-33 (238KB) |
| When a building permit is required |
PN 2008-32 (648KB) |
| Deleting hose from existing fire hydrants |
PN 2006-31 (346KB) |
| Classification of certain residential care buildings |
PN 2006-30 (252KB) |
| Using the BCA |
PN 2006-29 (922KB) |
| Building work involving multiple permits |
PN 2006-28 (394KB) |
| Self-contained smoke alarms |
PN 2006-27 (516KB) |
| Notices and orders |
Updated PN 2006-25 (1.81MB) |
| Occupancy permits |
PN 2006-24 (393KB) |
| Maintenance of essential safety measures |
PN 2007-23 (1.53MB) |
| Amendment of building permits |
PN 2006-21 (233KB) |
| Protection work process |
PN 2006-20 (1.59MB) |
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Notifying councils of building work |
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| Responses from municipal councils |
PN 2006-18 (253KB) |
| Installation of fire safety systems in residential buildings |
Updated PN 2008-13 (3.01MB) |
| Applying BCA energy efficiency measures to existing Class 2-9 buildings |
PN 2007-12 (505KB) |
| 'Building' defined |
PN 2006-11 (253KB) |
| Fees and deposits |
Updated PN 2006-10 (328KB) |
| Building energy analysis for commercial buildings |
PN 2007-09 (200KB) |
| Emergency communications systems |
PN 2006-8 (266KB) |
| Residential fire safety systems |
PN 2006-7 (590KB) |
| Building above certain public facilities |
PN 2006-06 (238KB) |
| Fencing swimming pools and spas |
PN 2006-5 (632KB) |
| Stormwater drainage |
PN 2006-4 (253KB) |
| Certificates of compliance |
PN 2006-3 (345KB) |
| Building envelopes and Part 4 of the Building Regulations 2006 |
PN 2006-2 (580KB) |
| Multi-storey residential buildings - warranty insurance exemption |
PN 2006-1 (813KB) |
