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Ministerial Specifications adopted by Ordinance 70

Ministerial Specifications adopted by Ordinance 70

Reproduced from Local Government Ordinance 70: Building (New South Wales) as at July 1990. Published by Law Book. Call number: N343.9440786/7A

Specification Number Name NSW Gazette details Amendments - Gazettal dates Access
1 (cl 21.4) Fire Window 20/6/73 10/2/78; 23/3/78; 15/10/82
2 (cl 21.4) Hollow Glass-block Window Panels 20/6/73 10/2/78; 23/3/78; 7/7/89
3 (cl 21.5) Repealed - Fire-Resistant Roller Shutters 20/6/73 11/2/77; 9/12/77; 10/2/78; 31/8/79
4 (cl. 28.1) Burnt Clay and Shale Building Bricks 20/6/73 10/2/78; 9/3/79; 18/1/80
5 (cl 47.10) Repealed - Damp Proof Course Materials 20/6/73 26/11/76; 15/7/77; 10/2/78; 23/3/78; 2/5/80
6 (cl 52.8) Airborne Sound-transmission Loss 5/4/74  
7 (cl 55.7) Repealed - Air-Handling Systems 20/6/73 at page 2583 10/2/78 page 461; 30/6/78 at page 2538. Clause 55.7 of Ord 70 was amended 29/8/80 at page 4505, deleting reference to Spec No. 7. inserting instead reference to Australian Standard 1668, SAA Mechanical Ventilation and Air Conditioning Code
8 (cl 16.9) Special Fire Tests 27/1/78 31/8/79
9 (cl 53.10) Access and Facilities for Disabled People 25/9/81 31/12/81; 18/5/84
10 (Part 27) Fire Mains, Certain Water Service Pipes, Hydrants, Hose Reels and Water Supply 4/5/84

19/7/85

Amendment did not take effect until 16/8/85 when Part 27 of Ord 70 was amended to authorise the specifications for No 10 amendments
11 (Part 27) Fire Control Rooms 4/5/84  
12 (cl 55.7) Air-Handling Systems 29/7/90  
13 (cl 55.7.1) Mechanical Smoke Control Systems 29/7/90  

 

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