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Maintaining Essential Safety Features in Buildings

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Building standards for the construction of buildings are worthless if those standards are not maintained throughout the life of the building. The Building Act 2000 and its associated building and plumbing regulations introduced significant reforms to regulate the maintenance of existing buildings. The requirement to maintain the essential safety and health features or measures in buildings will ensure that the safety system or measure will remain at the required operational level.

  1. Contents
  2. What are essential safety and health features and measures?
  3. What types of buildings do these laws apply to?
  4. How do I comply with the law?
  5. Can an occupier be responsible for the maintenance?
  6. Who determines the maintenance requirements?
  7. Who can carry out the required maintenance work?
  8. What safety and health records need to be kept?
  9. What other duties do owners or others have under the Act in relation to maintenance?
  10. What happens if an owner or occupier does not comply?
  11. More information