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NCC 2019 Volume 3 Amendment 1

Australian Building Codes Board

Version:  2019 Am 1  (Superseded)
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Publication date
February 2019
Pages
285
Current status
Superseded
Supersedes
NCC 2019 Volume One
Description

The NCC is Australia’s primary set of technical design and construction provisions for buildings. As a performance-based code, it sets the minimum required level for the safety, health, amenity, accessibility and sustainability of certain buildings. It primarily applies to the design and construction of new buildings, and plumbing and drainage systems in new and existing buildings. In some cases it may also apply to structures associated with buildings and new building work or new plumbing and drainage work in existing buildings.

The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), on behalf of the Australian Government and each State and Territory government, produces and maintains the NCC. When determining the content of the NCC, the ABCB seeks to:

Ensure requirements have a rigorously tested rationale; and
Effectively and proportionally address applicable issues; and
Create benefits to society that outweigh costs; and
Consider non-regulatory alternatives; and
Consider the competitive effects of regulation; and
Not be unnecessarily restrictive.

The primary users of the NCC include architects, builders, plumbers, building surveyors, hydraulic consultants, engineers and other building and plumbing related professions and trades.

Scope

The NCC provides the technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other
structures, and plumbing and drainage systems.

NCC Volume Three covers the design, construction and maintenance of plumbing and drainage systems in new and existing buildings.

This resource contains:

Governing Requirements
Performance Requirements
Compliance options to meet the NCC requirements
State and Territory variations and additions

The NCC uses building classifications to identify requirements for different intended purposes of buildings or parts of buildings. A building classification relates to the characteristics and the intended use of the building. Information on building classifications is found in Part A6 of the Governing Requirements.

Legislative arrangements and the NCC:

The NCC is given legal effect through State and Territory, or other statutory authority, building and plumbing legislation. These Acts and Regulations set out the legal framework and administration mechanisms for the NCC to support the design and construction of buildings.

How to use the NCC:

Each volume of the NCC is split into two main sections:
1. Administrative requirements contained within the Governing Requirements.
2. Technical requirements contained within the remaining sections of the NCC.

The Government Requirements provide the rules and instructions for using and complying with the NCC. They are vital in understanding how the technical requirements of the NCC should be applied to any particular situation. The Governing Requirements are also important in understanding how the NCC fits with the buildings and plumbing regulatory framework within Australia.

NCC Volume Three contains the following Sections:

Contents and Introduction
Section A: Governing Requirements
Section B: Water Services
Section C: Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Systems
Section D: Excessive Noise
Section E: Facilities
Schedule 1: State and Territory Variations and Additions
Commonwealth of Australia
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Schedule 2: Abbreviations and Symbols
Schedule 3: Defined Terms
Schedule 4: List of Reference Documents
Schedule 5: Fire-Resistance of Building Elements
Schedule 6: Fire Hazard Properties
Schedule 7: Fire Safety Verification Method
History of PCA Adoption
List of Amendments

Author
Australian Building Codes Board
Committee
Australian Building Codes Board
Volumes
4
Attribution
© Commonwealth of Australia and the States and Territories 2020, published by the Australian Building Codes Board.
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence
NSW
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Sector
Residential
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NCC 2019 Volume 3 Amendment 1