Integral to the building warrant of fitness (BWOF), a compliance schedule is a detailed document that lists specified systems for a particular building, the performance standards of those systems and the inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures so they continue to function. Read below for all the nuts and bolts.
A Compliance Schedule is a document issued by Council that lists specified systems and performance standards for the systems, and how the systems will be monitored and maintained to ensure they will continue to function. This is applied for as part of the application for Building Consent for new commercial buildings or alterations/additions to a commercial building (if the building has one or more specified systems) or an owner/agent identifies that specified systems are in the building.
Compliance Schedules are issued:
Under the Building Act 2004, building owners are responsible for ensuring their buildings are safe to use. If the building contains specified systems or features, then ongoing maintenance, inspection and reporting procedures need to be followed in accordance with the compliance schedule and an annual Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF) needs to be provided to Council.
A specified system means a system that:
SS1. Automatic systems for fire suppression (e.g., sprinkler systems)
SS2. Automatic or manual emergency warning systems for fire or other dangers (other than a warning system for fire that is entirely within a household unit and serves only that unit)
SS3. Electromagnetic or automatic doors or windows
SS3.1. Automatic doors
SS3.2 Access controlled doors
SS3.3 Interfaced fire or smoke doors or windows
SS4. Emergency lighting systems
SS5. Escape route pressurisation systems
SS6. Riser mains for use by fire services
SS7. Automatic back-flow preventers connected to a potable water supply
SS8. Lifts, escalators, travellators, or other systems for moving people or goods within buildings
SS8.1 Passenger-carrying lifts
SS8.2 Services lifts
SS8.3 Escalators and moving walks (travellators)
SS9. Mechanical ventilation or air conditioning systems
SS9.1 Mechanical ventilation
SS9.2 Air conditioning systems
SS10. Building maintenance units providing access to exterior and interior walls of buildings
SS11. Laboratory fume cupboards
SS12. Audio loops or other assistive listening systems
SS12.1 Audio Loops
SS12.2 FM radio frequency systems and infrared beam transmission systems
SS13. Smoke control systems
SS13.1 Mechanical smoke control
SS13.2 Natural smoke control
SS13.3 Smoke curtains
SS14. Emergency power systems for, or signs relating to, a system or feature specified in any of clauses 1 to 13
SS14.1 Emergency power systems
SS14.2 Signs in relation to any specified systems 1 – 13
SS15. Other fires safety systems or features
SS15.1 Systems for communicating spoken information intended to facilitate evacuation
SS15.2 Final exits
SS15.3 Fire separations (as defined by the Building Code)
SS15.4 Signs for communicating information intended to facilitate evacuation
SS15.5 Smoke separations
SS16. Cable Cars
A Compliance Schedule Statement is issued by a Territorial Authority (see s105e Building Act 2004) for new buildings. A Compliance Schedule Statement lists the specified systems covered by the Compliance Schedule and is issued at the same time as the Code Compliance Certificate (CCC). It must be displayed on the premises in a public place, and be replaced in on the 12 month anniversary of the statement being issued, with a Building Warrant of Fitness (which is issued by the building owner).
Details of the specified systems (safety systems) must be provided with any building consent application where there are specified systems associated with the building. These details must include the performance standards and the proposed inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures for the specified safety systems in the building.
These systems ensure a building is safe and healthy for members of the public to enter, occupy or work in. A Compliance Schedule must identify which of these specified systems are present.
Specified systems include:
SS1. Automatic systems for fire suppression (e.g., sprinkler systems)
SS2. Automatic or manual emergency warning systems for fire or other dangers (other than a warning system for fire that is entirely within a household unit and serves only that unit)
SS3. Electromagnetic or automatic doors or windows
SS3.1. Automatic doors
SS3.2 Access controlled doors
SS3.3 Interfaced fire or smoke doors or windows
SS4. Emergency lighting systems
SS5. Escape route pressurisation systems
SS6. Riser mains for use by fire services
SS7. Automatic back-flow preventers connected to a potable water supply
SS8. Lifts, escalators, travellators, or other systems for moving people or goods within buildings
SS8.1 Passenger-carrying lifts
SS8.2 Services lifts
SS8.3 Escalators and moving walks (travellators)
SS9. Mechanical ventilation or air conditioning systems
SS9.1 Mechanical ventilation
SS9.2 Air conditioning systems
SS10. Building maintenance units providing access to exterior and interior walls of buildings
SS11. Laboratory fume cupboards
SS12. Audio loops or other assistive listening systems
SS12.1 Audio Loops
SS12.2 FM radio frequency systems and infrared beam transmission systems
SS13. Smoke control systems
SS13.1 Mechanical smoke control
SS13.2 Natural smoke control
SS13.3 Smoke curtains
SS14. Emergency power systems for, or signs relating to, a system or feature specified in any of clauses 1 to 13
SS14.1 Emergency power systems
SS14.2 Signs in relation to any specified systems 1 – 13
SS15. Other fires safety systems or features
SS15.1 Systems for communicating spoken information intended to facilitate evacuation
SS15.2 Final exits
SS15.3 Fire separations (as defined by the Building Code)
SS15.4 Signs for communicating information intended to facilitate evacuation
SS15.5 Smoke separations
SS16. Cable Cars
An amendment to a compliance schedule may be triggered/required if:
It is the responsibility of the building owner or their agent to make the application for the amendment on the prescribed form (Form 11)
For further information on Compliance Schedules please contact Porirua City Councils BWOF team at [email protected]
