Part I3 Farm buildings and farm sheds

(1) The Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of this Part apply to farm buildings and farm sheds.

(2) The Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of this Part take precedence where there is a difference to the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of Sections C, D, E, and F.

(3) I3D1 to I3D5, I3D8 and I3D11 to I3D18 apply to a farm shed.

(4) I3D1, I3D3, I3D5 to I3D7, I3D9 to I3D12, I3D14, I3D15 and I3D18 apply to a farm building.

A farm shed need not comply with the provisions of Parts C2, C3 and C4, except for C2D12, if it is separated from any other building or allotment boundary by a distance of not less than 6 m.

(1) Except for D2D3, D2D5 to D2D11, D2D14, D2D15(1), D2D18(c), D2D19 and D2D20, the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of Part D2 do not apply to a farm shed.

(2) An open space adjacent to a farm building or a farm shed need not be directly connected with a public road.

Except for D3D14, D3D15, D3D17 to D3D21, D3D22 and D3D29, the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of Part D3 do not apply to a farm shed.

A fixed platform, stairway, ladder and any going and riser, landing, handrail or barrier may comply with AS 1657 in lieu of D3D14, D3D15, D3D17 to D3D21 and D3D22 where it serves a farm building or a farm shed.

The threshold of a doorway that serves an area not required to be accessible by D4D2 in a farm building need not comply with D3D16 where the door sill is not more than 700 mm above the finished surface of the ground, floor or the like, to which the doorway opens.

A swinging door in a required exit or forming part of a required exit need not swing in the direction of egress if it serves a farm building.

The Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions of Part E1 do not apply to a farm shed.

(1) This provision applies to a farm building—

1. with a total floor area greater than 500 m²; and
2. located where a fire brigade station is—
   1. not more than 50 km from the building as measured along roads; and
   2. equipped with equipment capable of utilising a fire hydrant.

(2) A farm building referred to in (1) must be—

1. provided with a fire hydrant system installed in accordance with AS 2419.1, except reference to ‘4 hours’ water supply in clause 4.2 is replaced with ‘2 hours’; or
2. located on the same allotment as an access point to a water supply which—
   1. has a minimum total capacity of 144,000 litres; and
   2. is situated so as to enable emergency services vehicles access to within 4 m; and
   3. is located within 60 m of the building and not more than 90 m from any part of the building.

(3) For the purposes of (2)(b), water supply for a farm building must consist of one or any number of the following:

1. A water storage tank.
2. A dam.
3. A reservoir.
4. A river.
5. A lake.
6. A bore.
7. A sea.

(4) If the whole or part of the water supply referred to in (2)(b) is contained in a water storage tank, it must be—

1. located not less than 10 m from the building; and
2. fitted with at least one small bore suction connection and one large bore suction connection where—
   1. each suction connection is located in a position so as to enable emergency service vehicles access to within 4 m; and
   2. the suction connections are located not less than 10 m from the building; and
   3. ‘small bore suction connection’ and ‘large bore suction connection’ have the meanings contained in AS 2419.1.

A fire hose reel system need not be provided to serve a farm building where portable fire extinguishers are installed in accordance with I3D11.

(1) A farm building not provided with a fire hose reel system in accordance with E1D3 must be provided with—

1. one portable fire extinguisher rated at not less than 5ABE in each room containing flammable materials or electrical equipment; and
2. one portable fire extinguisher rated at not less than 4A60BE adjacent to every required exit door; and
3. location signs complying with clauses 3.3 to 3.9 of AS 2444 above each required portable fire extinguisher.

(2) A farm shed must be provided with not less than one portable fire extinguisher for every 500 m² of floor area or part thereof, distributed as evenly as practicable throughout the building.

(3) A portable fire extinguisher required by (2) must be—

1. of ABE type; and
2. not less than 4.5 kg in size; and
3. installed in accordance with Section 3 of AS 2444.

(1) An emergency lighting system need not be installed in a farm building—

1. with no artificial lighting as permitted by I3D18; or
2. with artificial lighting where, if that lighting fails due to an emergency, automatic power supply to the building is provided by a fuel-driven generator.

(2) An emergency lighting system need not be installed in a farm shed.

An exit serving a farm shed need not be provided with an exit sign where the exit is a permanent opening not less than 2 m wide.

In a farm building or a farm shed, if an exit is not readily apparent to persons occupying or visiting the building, exit signs complying with I3D15 must be installed in appropriate positions in corridors, hallways, lobbies and the like, indicating the direction to a required exit.

(1) In a farm building, each required exit sign provided under E4D5 and I3D14 need not comply with E4D8 if—

1. the use of illuminated exit signs may adversely impact the behaviour or welfare of animals being kept in the building; and
2. non-illuminated exit signs are installed in accordance with the requirements of Appendix D of AS/NZS 2293.1 as for an externally illuminated exit sign, and clauses 5.6 and 5.8 of AS/NZS 2293.1.

(2) In a farm shed, each required exit sign provided under E4D5 and I3D14 need not comply with E4D8 if—

1. non-illuminated exit signs are installed in accordance with the requirements of Appendix D of AS/NZS 2293.1 as for an externally illuminated exit sign, and clauses 5.6 and 5.8 of AS/NZS 2293.1; and
2. the maximum viewing distance in clause 5.6 of AS/NZS 2293.1 is not more than 24 m.

F4D4 does not apply to a farm shed.

F5D2 does not apply to a farm shed which has ceiling heights not less than—

1. in a room, corridor, passageway or the like — 2.1 m; and
2. in a room or space with a sloping ceiling or projections — a height of not less than 2.1 m for at least two-thirds of the floor area of the room or space, and when calculating the floor area of the room or space, any part that has a ceiling height of less than 1.5 m is not included; and
3. in a stairway, ramp, landing or the like — 2.0 m measured vertically above the nosing line of stairway treads or the floor surface of the ramp, landing or the like.

(1) An artificial lighting system need not be provided in a farm building where—

1. occupants are provided with visibility sufficient for safe movement through suitable alternative means; and
2. the use of artificial lighting could adversely affect the function of the building including, but not limited to—
   1. the behaviour or welfare of animals being kept in the building; or
   2. the cultivating or propagating of plants or fungi.

(2) An artificial lighting system need not be provided in a farm shed.