Maintenance of exits by occupiers of This Regulation mitigates health and safety risks by ensuring that buildings or PoPEs points of egress are not compromised by occupant behaviour, such as chaining doors shut or using hallways or fire extinguishers Requires all occupants of a building to cupboards for storage space. These actions can severely impact on maintain paths of travel and points of egress. the ability to evacuate a building during an emergency. This ✓ 1218 226 Regulation has been updated to remove the word to clarify ‘maintain’ that maintenance obligations lie with owners and cannot be passed onto occupiers. This change is consistent with owners responsibilities under s 52 of the Retail Leases Act 2003 and s 68 of the as well as a VCAT advisory Residential Tenancies Act 1997, opinion of Justice Garde on 1 May 2015. Pt 17—Existing buildings Div 1—Change of use of existing buildings Proposed regulatory change 2006 2017 Short description of the Regulation Change Revoke Reduce Updated Strengthen No
1218 226 Maintenance of exits by occupiers of buildings or PoPEs Requires all occupants of a building to maintain paths of travel and points of egress. ✓ This Regulation mitigates health and safety risks by ensuring that points of egress are not compromised by occupant behaviour, such as chaining doors shut or using hallways or fire extinguishers cupboards for storage space. These actions can severely impact on the ability to evacuate a building during an emergency. This Regulation has been updated to remove the word ‘maintain’ to clarify that maintenance obligations lie with owners and cannot be passed onto occupiers. This change is consistent with owners responsibilities under s 52 of the Retail Leases Act 2003 and s 68 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, as well as a VCAT advisory opinion of Justice Garde on 1 May 2015. Pt 17—Existing buildings Div 1—Change of use of existing buildings 2006 2017 Short description of the Regulation Proposed regulatory change Revoke No Change Updated Reduce Strengthen
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