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National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977)
Notice No. 1211 of 1977
Act
1. Definitions
2. Application of Act
3. Duties of draftsmen of plans, specifications, documents and diagrams
4. Approval by local authorities of applications in respect of erection of buildings
5. Appointment of building control officer by local authority
6. Functions of building control officers
7. Approval by local authorities in respect of erection of buildings
8. Power of court in respect of approval by local authorities
9. Appeal against decision of local authority
11. Erection of buildings subject to time limit
10. Erection of buildings in certain circumstances subject to prohibition or conditions
12. Demolition or alteration of certain buildings
13. Exemption of buildings from national building regulations and authorization for erectio
14. Certificates of occupancy in respect of buildings
15. Entry by building control officers and certain other persons of certain buildings and l
16. Report on adequacy of certain measures and on certain building projects
17. National building regulations and directives
18. Deviation and exemption from national building regulations
19. Prohibition on use of certain methods or materials
20. Regulations
21. Order in respect of erection and demolition of buildings
22. Power of local authorities relating to rates, taxes, fees and other moneys
23. Exemption from liability
24. General penalty clause
25. Presumption
26. Payment of certain moneys to local authorities
27. Powers of Minister in respect of certain local authorities
28. Delegations of powers
29. Repeal of laws
30. [Repealed]
31. Repeal of section 14bis of Act 33 of 1962, as inserted by section 4 of Act 72 of 1964
32. [Repealed]
33. [Repealed]
34. Short title and commencement
Regulations
Review Board Regulations
Notice No. 2074 of 1985
Annexures
Annexure A
Annexure B : Notice in terms of Regulation 11(2) of the Regulations made under Section 20 of the National Building Regulations and Buildings Standards Act, 1977 (Act 103 of 1977), to appear before the Review Board
Regulations under the National Building Regulations ...
Notice No. R. 2378 of 1990
Part AZ : Coming into Operation, Definitions and Standards
AZ1. Coming into operation
AZ2. Definitions
AZ3. Standards
AZ4. Complying with the requirements of the ...
AZ5. Repeal of regulations
Part A : Administration
A1. Application
A2. Plans and particulars to be furnished
A3. Preliminary plans and enquiries
A4. Local authority may require additional documents and information
A5. Application forms and materials, scales and sizes of plans
A6. Site plans
A7. Layout drawing
A8. Plumbing installation drawings and particulars
A9. Fire protection plan
A10. Symbols on fire protection plans
A11. Pointing out of boundary beacons
A12. Street levels
A13. Building materials and tests
A14. Construction
A15. Maintenance and operation
A16. Qualifications of a building control officer
A17. Certificate of identity of a building control officer
A18. Control of plumbers and plumbing work
A19. Appointment of persons responsible for design, ...
A20. Classification and designation of occupancies
A21. Population
A22. Notice of intention to commence erection or ...
A23. Temporary buildings
A24. Standardization of interpretation
A25. General enforcement
Part B : Structural Design
B1. Design requirement
Part C : Dimensions
C1. Rooms and buildings
Part D : Public Safety
D1. Change in level
D2. Pedestrian entrances to parking areas in buildings
D3. Ramps
D4. Swimming pools and swimming baths
D5. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part E : Demolition Work
E1. Demolition of any building
E2. Safeguarding of basements
E3. Prohibition of dangerous methods
E4. General Penalty
Part F : Site Operations
F1. Protection of the public
F2. Damage to local authority's property
F3. Geotechnical site and environmental conditions
F4. Preparation of site
F5. Soil poisoning
F6. Control of unreasonable levels of dust and noise
F7. Cutting into, laying open and demolishing certain ...
F8. Waste material on site
F9. Cleaning of site
F10. Builder's sheds
F11. Sanitary facilities
Part G : Excavations
G1. General stability requirement
G2. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part H : Foundations
H1. General requirement
Part J : Floors
J1. General requirement
Part K : Walls
K1. Structural strength and stability
K2. Water penetration
K3. Roof fixing
K4. Behaviour in fire
K5. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part L : Roofs
L1. General requirement
L2. Fire resistance and combustibility
L3. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part M : Stairways
M1. General requirement
M2. Fire requirement
M3. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part N : Glazing
N1. Type and fixing of glazing
Part O : Lighting and Ventilation
O1. Lighting and ventilation requirement
O2. Special provision of natural lighting
O3. Approval of artificial ventilation systems
O4. Design of artificial ventilation systems
O5. Artificial ventilation plant
O6. Testing of artificial ventilation systems
O7. Fire requirements
Part P : Drainage
P1. Compulsory drainage of buildings
P2. Design of drainage installations
P3. Control of objectionable discharge
P4. Industrial effluent
P5. Disconnections
P6. Unauthorized drainage work
P7. Inspection and testing of drainage installations
Part Q : Non-Water-Borne means of Sanitary Disposal
Q1. Means of disposal
Q2. Permission
Q3. Construction, siting and access
Part R : Stormwater Disposal
R1. Stormwater disposal requirement
R2. Saving
Part S : Facilities for Persons with Disabilities
S1. Application
S2. Facilities to be provided
S3. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part T : Fire Protection
T1. General requirement
T2. Offences
Part U : Refuse Disposal
U1. Provision of storage areas
U2. Access to storage areas
U3. Refuse chutes
Part V : Space Heating
V1. Design, construction and installation
Part W : Fire Installation
W1. Fire installations
W2. Supply of water
W3. Design of fire installations
W4. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
Part X : Environmental Sustainability
XA. Energy usage in buildings
Notices
Report to the Minister
Notice No. 2075 of 1985
Servitudes or Restrictive Conditions over Land
Notice No. 2076 of 1985
Servitudes or Restrictive Conditions over Land
Purchase
Notice No. 2076 of 1985
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