EPAR 2000 Clause 165

Definition

Annual Fire Safety Statement 

means a statement referred to in clause 175.

Critical Fire Safety Measure

means a fire safety measure that is identified in a fire safety schedule or fire link conversion schedule as a critical fire safety measure, being a measure that is of such a nature, or is implemented in such an environment or in such circumstances, that the measure requires periodic assessment and certification at intervals of less than 12 months.

Essential Fire Safety Measure

in relation to a building, means a fire safety measure that is included:

(a) in the fire safety schedule for the building, or
(b) in the essential services (within the meaning of Ordinance No 70 under the Local Government Act 1919 ) attached to an approval or order referred to in Part 59 of that Ordinance, being an approval or order that was in force immediately before 1 July 1993, or
(c) in the essential services (within the meaning of the Local Government (Approvals) Regulation 1993 ) attached to an approval referred to in clause 22 of that Regulation, being the latest such approval granted during the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1997, or
(d) in the essential services (within the meaning of the Local Government (Orders) Regulation 1993 ) attached to an order referred to in clause 6 (1) of that Regulation, being the latest such order given during the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1997.

Final Fire Safety Certificate

means a certificate referred to in clause 170.

Fire Exit

in relation to a building, means any exit to the building that has been provided in compliance with any requirement imposed by or under the Act or this Regulation or by or under any other law, whether or not that law is currently in force.

Fire Safety Certificate

means an interim fire safety certificate or a final fire safety certificate.

Fire Safety Measure

means any measure (including any item of equipment, form of construction or fire safety strategy) that is, or is proposed to be, implemented in a building to ensure the safety of persons using the building in the event of fire.

Fire Safety Order

means an order of the kind referred to in item 6 of the Table to section 121B of the Act and includes, if an order is subsequently made under section 121R of the Act, an order under that section.

Fire Safety Statement

means an annual fire safety statement or a supplementary fire safety statement.

Fire-Isolated

when used in connection with the words "stairway, passageway or ramp", means a fire-isolated stairway, fire-isolated passageway or fire-isolated ramp, as the case may be, within the meaning of the Building Code of Australia .

Interim Fire Safety Certificate

means a certificate referred to in clause 173.

Statutory Fire Safety Measure

means a fire safety measure of a kind referred to in the Table to clause 166.

Supplementary Fire Safety Statement

means a statement referred to in clause 178.