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From 1 July 2021, Design and Building Practitioners working on class 2 buildings need to register under a new Compliance Declaration Scheme.

Specifies requirements for construction practices for masonry in buildings of Class 1 and Class 10a, as defined in the National Construction Code (NCC), designed in accordance with AS 4773.1 and to be constructed from clay, concrete, or calcium silicate masonry units.

This Standard specifies requirements for wall ties for use in tying together the leaves of cavity masonry walls, masonry veneer walls and loadbearing frames, and masonry veneer walls against a strong backing wall.

This Standard specifies requirements for connectors and accessories built into masonry.

This Standard specifies requirements for testing the durability performance of steel lintels and shelf angles to be built into masonry.

This Certifier Practice Standard is prepared by the Commissioner for Fair Trading under section 14 of the Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018 (B&DC Act); Section 14 provides that a registered certifier’s conditions of registration may require the certifier to carry out certification work in accordance with specified standards or methodologies prepared by the Commissioner.

These are Guidelines issued by the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service (the Secretary), under Schedule 3 of the Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021.

This document will assist engineers in identifying whether they need to be registered for the work that they do.

From 1 July 2021, Design and Building Practitioners working on class 2 buildings need to register under a new Compliance Declaration Scheme.

The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021 (the DBP legislation) were established to raise the standards of building design and building work.