GENERAL PROVISIONS Part A3 CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES A3.1_ Principles of classification ‘The classification of a building or part ofa bulding is determined by the purpos signed, constructed or adapted to be used. 3.2. Classifications Buildings are classified as flows: Class 4: one or more buldings which in association constiute— (@) Class 1a —a single dwelling being— (9 adetached house; or {one of a group of two or more attached dwellings, each being a building separated by a fre-esiting wall, including a row house, terrce house, own house or vila unit; oF (b) Class 1b — ()aboarding house, guest house, hostel or the tke— (A) with a total area of alt loors not exceeding 300 m# measured over the enclosing walls ofthe Class 1b; and (8) _inwhich not more than 12 persons would ordinary be resident; or (i) 4.0r more single dwelings locatod on one allotment and used for short-term holiday accommodation, ‘which are not located above or below another duling or another Class of bulding other than a private garage. Class 2: a building containing 2 or more cole-occupancy units each being a separate dweling, Class 3: a residential bung, other than a bulding of Class 1 or 2, which is @ common place of long term or transient living fora number of unrelated persons, including — (a) @ boarding house, quest house, hostel, lodging house or backpackers ‘accommodation; or (©) aresidential part of a hotel or motel or (6) aresidential part of a schoot or (@) accommodation forthe aged, ciliren or people with disabilities; or (©) a residential part of a health-care tulding which accommodates memibers of staf; (9 aresidential part of a detention contre Class 4: a woling in a bullding that is Class 5, 6, 7, 8 oF 9 if tis the only dweling in the ung Class 6: an ofice bulting used for professional or commercial purposes, excusing buildings of Class 6, 7,8 0r 9, NCC 2016 Bulking Code of Aust Volume One Page a7GENERAL PROVISIONS NSW cess 6 SA.Case 6 Class 6: a shop or other building forthe sale of goods by retal or the supply of services direct to the publi, including— (2) an eating room, café, restaurant, mik or soft-drink bar; or (©) a dining room, bar area that is not an assembly building, shop or Kiosk part of a hotel or mote: or (©) ahairdressers or barber's shop, public (2) _ market or sale room, showroom, or service station. Class 7: building whic is— (@) Clase 7a—a carparks of (©) Class 7» — tor storage, or display of goods or produce forsale by wholesale, Class 8: a laboratory, or a bulding in which a handiratt or process for the production, ‘assembling, altering, repairing, packing, ishing, or cleaning of goods or produce Is Cartiod on for trade, Sale, or gain und, or undertakers estasshment; oF Cass 9: a building ofa public naturo— (2) Class 8a — a health-care building, Including those parts of the bulding set asido fe. laboratory: oF (0) Glass 96 — an assembly bulling, including a trade workshop, lasoratory or the lke in a primary or secondary school, But excluding any other parts ofthe bulding that are of another Class; or (©) Glass 9¢—an aged care building. Class 10: a non-habitabe bulding or structure— (@) Class 10 lke; or (b) Class 106 — a structure being @ fence, mast, antenna, retaining or free-standing wall, swimming poo, orth like: or 4 non-habitable bulding being a private garage, carpa, shed, or the (6) Class 106 —a private bushire shoter Each part of abulding must be classed separately, and— @ (whore parts have diferent purposes — if not more than 10% ofthe floor area of a ‘Storey, being the minor use, is used for a purpose which isa diferent classification, the classification applying tothe major use may apply to the whole siorey; and (i) the provisions of () do not apply when the minor use is a laboratoy or Class 2, 3 ‘or part and (b) 2 plant room, machinery room, it motor room, bolle room or the like must have the ‘Same classification as the part of the bulding in which is situated; and (©) fa building has parts of cifferent classification, each part must comply with all the relevant provisions forts ctassiication, [NOC 2016 Buling Code of Ausra - Volume One Page 38034 GENERAL PROVISIONS ee A3.4__ Parts with more than one classification (a) Notwithstanding A3.3, a building or part of a building may have more than one Classification applying io the whole bulding orto the whol of that part of he buldng, (©) Ifa building o° part of a building has more than one classification applying to the whole bulding o* part in accordance with (a), that building or part must comply with all te relevant provisions of tho BCA for each classifation. es [NCC 2016 Bulking Code of Ausala - Volume One Page 29FIRE RESISTANCE SSS Part C2 COMPARTMENTATION AND SEPARATION eae Deemedt4o-Saisty Provisions €2.0 Deemed:-to-Satisfy Provisions (@) Where a Doemec!-o-Satsty Solution is proposed, Performance Requirements CPY to (CPD aro satistiod by complying with @ C1 t0.6143, 62.1t0.62:44 and C3.4 to 63.17; and (ina bulding contaiing an atu, Part G3: and (i) for addtional requirements for Class 9b buildings, Part 1; and (i) for farm shods, Part HS, (©) Where a Performance Saluion 1s proposed, the relevant Perfomance: Requromonts ‘must be determined in accordanco with AO. C2.1 Application of Part (@) 62.2, 62.3 and €2.4 do not apply to a carpark provided wih a sprinkler system complying with Specification E15, an open-deck carpark or an Open spectator sion (6) 62.42(a)(v) does not apply to a Class 8 erestrity notwork substation. 62.2 General floor area and volume limitations (6) The size of any fire compartment or atium in a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building must not {Xceed the relevant maximum floor area not the relevant maximum volume set out in Table €2.2 and C2.5 oxcost as permitted in C2.2, (©) Apart of a buiing which contains only heating, ventilating, or it equipment, water tanks, ‘or similar servea units is nol courted inthe floor area ot volume of fre compartment ‘atrium Its situated at he lop of the bulcing (2) na building containing an atrium, the pat ofthe alum well bounded by the perimeter of the openings in the foots and extencing trom the lava of th frst floor above tha atrium) {oor to the roof covering is not counted inthe volume of the alum for the purposes of this clause, Table C2.2 MAXIMUM SIZE OF FIRE COMPARTMENTS OR ATRIA [ciasiteaton Type of construction of bling 1o0ATypeB Tne 5dr Seuss akira Oto? baton? Do jeare builing max volume- 48.000 m? 33.000 m? 46 000 m? 16.278 or 9a (except max floor area— 5.000 mi? 3.500 m? 2.000 m? feet cae onvoue «S000? «21m? BONO % See C2.5 for maximum size of compartments in patient card areas in Class 9a health badd “ NCC 2016 Buiting Cod of Austatia- Veume One TTS-1e0mn pool Page 88