Fire Safety Regulation Reform – Building Commission

The Amending Regulation amends the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Development Certification and Fire Safety) Regulation 2021 (the DCFS Regulation) by:

• increasing oversight of fire safety performance solutions through enhanced involvement of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW);

• establishing a new category of accredited independent practitioner to assess and verify the performance of newly installed fire safety measures for the purposes of the fire safety certificate and before occupation of the building

• requiring a fire safety certificate to be taken into account before the issue of a building compliance declaration under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020;

• improving the documentation that is relied on for certification, inspection and maintenance of fire safety measures; and

• mandating the procedures for the routine maintenance of fire safety measures.