A General provisions

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General provisions for interpretation: classifies buildings into seven categories, provides definitions and importance levels for fire.

General provisions apply when interpreting the Building Code.

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A1 Classified uses

Housing, communal residential, communal non-residential, commercial, industrial, outbuildings and ancillary buildings.
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A2 Interpretation

The Building Code provides a list of defined words for interpretation.
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A3 Building importance levels

Sets levels to describe risk and structure factors for the purposes of clauses C1 – C6 Protection from fire.

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This information is published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Chief Executive. It is a general guide only and, if used, does not relieve any person of the obligation to consider any matter to which the information relates according to the circumstances of the particular case. Expert advice may be required in specific circumstances. Where this information relates to assisting people:

with compliance with the Building Act, it is published under section 175 of the Building Act
with a Weathertight Services claim, it is published under section 12 of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006.

In this section

A1 Classified uses

A2 Interpretation

A3 Building importance levels

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