Compliance Schedule
A compliance schedule is a document issued by the Council for buildings that contain specified systems.
Specified systems include:
- Automatic systems for fire suppression
- Automatic or manual emergency warning systems for fire or other dangers
- Electromagnetic or automatic doors
- Emergency lighting systems
- Escape route pressurisation systems
- Riser mains for use by fire services
- Automatic back-flow preventors connected to a potable water supply
- Lifts, escalators, travelators, or other systems for moving people or goods within buildings
- Mechanical ventilation or air conditioning systems
- Building maintenance units providing access to exterior and interior walls of buildings
- Laboratory fume cupboards
- Audio loops or other assistive listening systems
- Smoke control systems
- Emergency power systems for, or signs relating to, a system or feature specified for any of the above
A compliance schedule lists the systems and features, including the inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures needed to keep them in good working order. A compliance schedule must be kept on site and made available to building officers, Independent Qualified Persons (IQP)*, LBPs and authorised agents.
* An IQP is a person who has no financial interest in a given building and is accepted by the Council as being ‘appropriately qualified’ to inspect and maintain a given specified system. All IQPs are required to be registered with the Council.
Compliance Schedule Statement
A compliance schedule statement is issued by the Council and serves as temporary notification of compliance schedule requirements. It will list the inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures necessary to keep the specified systems in good working order. It is issued at the same time as the CCC. It must be replaced in 12 months with a building warrant of fitness, which is issued by the building owner.
How to obtain a Compliance Schedule
A compliance schedule must be applied for at the same time a building consent application is made, and will be issued together with a CCC by the Council for: new buildings (if the building has one or more specified systems); or an upgrade to an existing building or systems, required as a result of a change of use or alterations, which may also require a building consent.
Information needed for the application
Your designer should provide you with information relating to the performance standards for each specified system contained within the building. These performance standards will identify the inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures required for each system.
Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF)
A building warrant of fitness (BWOF) (Form 05.03 WOF) is a statement issued by the building owner to the Council stating that the requirements of the compliance schedule have been
fully met.
The BWOF must have attached to it all certificates of compliance issued by the IQP or LBP. These documents must be issued in the prescribed form (Form 05.03 WOF) and certify that the inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures stated in the compliance schedule, have been fully complied with during the previous 12 months.
The BWOF must be re-issued to the Council on the anniversary of the issue of the compliance schedule (every 12 months) for the life of the building.
Documents to keep regarding the BWOF
You are legally required to obtain written reports relating to the inspection, maintenance and reporting procedures of the compliance schedule. These must be signed by the IQP or LBP
who has carried out any of the listed procedures (inspection, maintenance or reporting).
You are required to keep all reports for a period of two years. The compliance schedule is required to be kept for the life of the building.
You may be prosecuted for not obtaining a Compliance Schedule or if your Building Warrant of Fitness has expired. Depending on the alleged offence, the fine ranges from $20,000 to a maximum of $200,000.