Earlier this year the Queensland parliament passed the Building
and other Legislation (Cladding) Amendment Regulation 2018 (Qld),
amending the Building Regulation 2006 (Qld)
("Regulation"), which will come into
force on 1 October 2018. The amendment to the Regulation is the
Queensland government's response to combustible cladding
concerns in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy and imposes
an assessment process on owners of privately owned buildings,
managed through an online registry system. The Queensland Building
and Construction Commission ("QBCC") is
the regulator responsible for the checklist and register.
The assessment process aims to identify privately owned
buildings in Queensland which have combustible cladding. You will
be required to report to the QBCC if:
