Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Australian Building Codes Board
On 22 November 2018, the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) agreed to amend the deemed-to-satisfy (DtS) provisions of the National Construction Code to require fire sprinkler systems in new Class 2 and 3 residential buildings of four or more storeys and less than 25 metres in effective height (generally those buildings four to eight storeys in height).