Legislation – New South Wales
NSW Smoke Alarm Legislation Simplified Guide
To be read in conjunction with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 No 203, Building Legislation Amendment (Smoke Alarms) Act 2005 No 57, Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42 and Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019.
- On any storey that has a bedroom or another room defined as a sleeping area, an alarm must be installed in every corridor or hallway associated with a bedroom or sleeping area, and if there’s no hallway or corridor then between the part/s of the home containing the bedroom or sleeping area and the rest of the dwelling.
- On all storeys that don’t contain a bedroom at the most likely exit point from that storey
e.g. if the lower level of a two storey home has no bedrooms a smoke alarm should be located between the nearest exit door and the stairwell.
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