A building owner, occupier or owners agent for a building inherits obligations under various statutory legislation to ensure building works, alterations, occupation of a building and the inspection, testing and maintenance of nominated essential safety measures are complied with as required.
The following table (and links) provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the building control process and essential safety measures documents.
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VICTORIAN BUILDING LEGISLATION |
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Acts |
Definition Essential Safety Measures |
Parameters New/ Old Building |
Responsibility for Compliance |
Method of Compliance |
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Building Act 1993
Building Regulations 2006
BCA Part I1
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007
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Part 12 Regulations Subdivision 1 Essential Safety Measures
Subdivision 2 Essential Safety Measures as defined |
Subdivision 1 New/ Alterations post July 1994
Subdivision 2 Existing buildings pre July 1994
All encompassing
All encompassing |
Subdivision 1 Owner
Subdivision 2 Owner
Subdivision 3 Occupier |
AESMR to be completed by the anniversary date of the occupancy permit/ certificate of final inspection/ report in logbook records.
Regular risk assessment |
| Building Approval Document | Building Permit |
| Occupational Approval Document | Occupancy Permit Certificate of Final Inspection |
| Annual Statement Document | Annual Essential Safety Measures Report |
| Enforcement Notices | Building Notice Building Order Infringement Notice Emergency Notice Building Order - Stop Work Building Order - Minor Work |
| Building Regulations | Glossay of Definitions |
| Essential Safety Measures | Inspections Identification Australian Standards Definitions |