SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Act: Development Act 1993.

Regulation: Development Regulations 1993, Ministers Specification SA76.

Compliance Certificate: Certificate of compliance with maintenance procedures for essential safety provisions Form 3 (for some buildings prior to 1991, SA 59 applies & relates to on site documentation).

The Development Regulations 2008 Regulation 76 (Essential Safety Provisions)   states the relevant authority’s and owners’ responsibilities and applies in relation to a building in which essential safety provisions are installed and to be inspected, tested or maintained under the  Building Code  or any former regulations under the  Building Act  1971.

The building owner and or occupier has a responsibility to ensure all Essential Safety Provisions are being properly maintained and tested.

An annual Certificate of Compliance (Schedule 16 Form 3) should be provided when the owner or an agent of the owner can ensure that each essential safety provision is being tested and maintained in accordance with the Schedule of Essential Safety Provisions (Schedule 16 Form 1) issued for the building.

ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Form 3 – Certificate of Compliance is required to be issued by the building owner (or their agent) and a copy provided to the relevant council. A Form 3 is not required to be prepared for the following building types (except where council deems otherwise through a condition on approval or as an outcome of the Section 71 notice):

  • a Class 1a, 1b or 10 building; or

  • a Class 2 building that does not have a rise in stories exceeding3 and does not have a floor area exceeding 2000m2 ; or

  • a Class 3,4,5,6,7, or 9b building that does not have a rise in stories exceeding 2 and does not have a floor area exceeding 500m2

Important Note: Despite the requirements for a Form 3 to not apply, this does not remove any requirements for maintenance of individual essential safety provisions and documentary logbook evidence to exist.

BUILDING OCCUPANCY TYPES REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY MEASURES REGULATIONS

All Class 1b – 9c occupancy buildings as defined by Part A3.2 of theNational Construction Code are required to be maintainedregardless of floor area size or whether the building is occupied orvacant.

ADOPTION OF AS1851

AS1851-2012 as the current version to ensure safety measures are capable of performing to a standard set out in the relevant building standards for the measure.

DEFINED ESSENTIAL SAFETY MEASURES

Structural Fire Protection and Compartmentation

  • Fire resistant materials applied to building elements, includingintumescent pains, fire protective sprays, coatings and boards

  • Fire hazard properties of floor, wall and ceiling linings; floorcoverings, air handling ductwork, lift cars, non-required andnon-fire isolated stairways or ramps, attachments to internalfloors, walls and ceilings, insulations, proscenium curtain andauditorium seating, etc.

  • Compartmentation including bounding construction andservice penetrations through fire resistant structures (includingfire walls; smoke walls; fire resistant exits and fire resistanceelements such as walls, floors ceilings, protective coverings, liftshafts, services shafts/ducts, access panels and control joint)

  • Fire doors

  • Smoke doors

  • Solid core doors (and required lift safety doors)

  • Fire shutters

  • Fire windows

  • Proscenium curtains and walls

  • Fire sprinklers for protection of openings

  • Fire sprinklers for protection of curtain or panel walls

  • Proscenium curtain deluge system

  • Fire and smoke curtains generally (including at atrium roof)

Means of Egress

  • Exits and paths of travel to exits including doors, doorways, operation of latches (including automatic closing or unlocking devices), ramps, stairways and clearance from obstructions

Signs

  • Warning signs concerning use of lifts in the event of fire

  • Illuminated exit signs (including internally and externallyilluminated exit signs)

  • Photo luminescent exit signs

  • Identification signage on fire doors and smoke doors; signs on egress doors leading from fire-isolated passageways; signs and audible and visual alarms on sliding fire doors; chevron stripes identifying exits

Emergency Lighting

  • Emergency lighting

Fire-fighting Services and Equipment

  • Fire pump sets

  • Water storage tanks for fire protection systems

  • Fire hydrant installations, including fire mains and boosterassemblies

  • Street hydrants

  • Fire control centres and rooms

  • Fire hose reels

  • Portable fire extinguishers

  • Fire sprinkler installations

  • Special hazard fire-fighting systems and equipment

  • Occupancy hazards in fire compartments with a floor area>2000m2 ; or a volume >12,000m3

Fire and Smoke Control Features

  • Essential fans and motors

  • Smoke detectors for smoke control systems

  • Fire mode operation:

    a) System changeover in fire mode condition

    b) Fire shutdown of equipment

    c) Control of supply and/or return air fans or equipment

    d) Fire mode operation of air dampers for outside air, recycleair, relief air, and zone control dampers for supply and returnair (including motorised fire and/or smoke and combinationdampers)

    e) Fire dampers – mechanical and intumescent

  • Smoke hazard management:

    a) Automatic air pressurisation for fire-isolated exits and fire-isolated lift shafts

    b) Smoke exhaust

    c) Smoke curtains, baffles or bulkheads (including concealedvoids)

    d) Smoke and heat vents

    e) Smoke dampers

    f) Natural openings (such as windows, doors, panels or the like– applicable only to building approved prior to 1 January 1995)

    g) Make up air provisions, including louvers and automaticdoors h) Provision for special hazards

  • Kitchen exhaust systems, including grease filters

  • Electric dust heaters

Microbial and Contamination Control

  • Microbial control in hot water, warm water and cooling watersystems such as cooling towers, and the components ofevaporative air-cooling equipment

  • Automatic monitoring of atmosphere contaminants for carparks and other vehicle enclosures

Automatic Fire Detection and Alarm Systems

  • Self-contained smoke and heat alarms

  • Fire detection and alarm systems

  • Interconnected smoke alarms for occupant warning systemsand emergency light actuation for Class 1b buildings

  • Building occupant warning systems

  • Sound systems and intercom systems for emergency purposes, including (where applicable) break glass devices, flashing strobe luminaries, green flashing exit identification luminaries, recorded and visual messages

Lifts

  • Lifts providing a stretcher facility

  • Operation of lifts by fire service in event of an emergency

  • Fire service control in lifts (buildings over 12m in effective height)

Emergency Power Supply

  • Emergency and stand-by power systems

Interconnections – Fire Safety Systems

  • All fire and safety systems

Access for Fire Appliances

  • Vehicular access for fire appliances

Clearances for Large Isolated Buildings

  • Clearances for large isolated buildings