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Sets out requirements for fire-rated landing doors for retarding the passage of fire through openings in fire-rated liftwells; it applies where doors are required to have a fire-rating certificate.

This Amendment applies to the following elements of AS 3958:2023: Figures 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.4.1, 3.3.5.1, 5.4.7.3(D) and the Bibliography.

Specifies requirements for alarm systems for all types of passenger and goods passenger lifts; deals with the minimum information to be provided as part of the instruction manual related to maintenance and the rescue service.

Adopts EN 81-70:2018 with modifications for Australia, which specifies the minimum requirements for the safe and independent access and use of lifts by a wide range of persons, including persons with disabilities.

Identically adopts EN 81 3:2000+A1:2008, specifying safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lifts with traction or positive drive, or hydraulic service lifts defined as lifting equipment, serving defined landing levels, having a car which is inaccessible, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails.

Sets out requirements for waterproofing membranes for external above-ground use, installed in accordance with AS 4654.2.

Provides building certifiers guidance on how to meet their responsibilities for sufficient inspections under the Building Act 1975 (BA) and the Building Regulation 2006 (BR).

The scope of these guidelines is limited to inspection of class 1a buildings and class 10 buildings and structures; a building certifier may consider the guidance provided under the risk matrix of the inspection guidelines for class 2-9 when performing certification functions for building work associated with a class 1b building.

Provides guidance to local governments, building certifiers, building owners and other stakeholders about information to be included in a Certificate of Occupancy (CofO), formerly referred to as a Certificate of Classification (CofC) and where these certificates should be displayed.

Provides guidance for a building certifier assessing an individual as competent to perform certification functions that help the certifier perform building certification functions.