Specified Building
Meaning of a “specified building” (r.5 of the General Fire Regulations 2010)
For the purposes of the General Fire Regulations 2021, a specified building is any of the following:
(a) a building that is capable of accommodating more than 200 persons, as estimated or determined in accordance with Table D1.13 of the BCA;
(b) a building that, under an occupancy permit issued under the Building Act
2016, more than 200 persons are entitled to use at any one time;
(c) a building that is used to provide residential accommodation as part of an
educational institution;
(d) a building that is used to provide residential accommodation for persons
requiring medical, psychiatric or geriatric care;
(e) a building that is used to provide supported accommodation for persons with physical, developmental or psychiatric disabilities;
(f) a building that is used as or for a hostel, boarding house, guesthouse, lodging
house or backpacker accommodation, being a building capable of accommodating 6 or more guests;
(g) a residential part of a hotel or motel, being a part capable of accommodating 6 or more guests;
(h) a child care centre within the meaning of the Child Care Act 2001;
(i) a detention centre;
(j) a healthcare building;
(k) a residential aged care facility;
(l) a school;
(m) a special fire hazard building within the meaning of the Building Regulations 2016;
(n) a building that is fitted with a fire protection system monitored by the Fire Service;
(o) a building in respect of which a declaration under sub-regulation (2)(a) is in effect.
