Building Practitioners

The question of "Can an RBS amending an occupancy permit?" is important from the perspective of changing the occupancy permit to allow for a change in the maintenance of safety measures.

I have a customer who has a fire panel that needs to be replaced. The existing fire panel is considered obsolete and replacement parts are no longer available.

Added to this, the panel is very unstable and is likely to fail catastrophically at any moment.

If I was to replace this fire panel and detectors with a new unit, keeping all of the existing infrastructure, i.e mechanical plant controls, bells, shut downs, etc. Do I need a building permit for the replacement?

Thanks.

Russ

The Building Commission is a statutory authority that oversees the building control system in Victoria, including Part 12 of the Building Regulations 2006 relating to the maintenance of Essential Safety Measures.