Effective on 1 January 2017 until 3 November 2021
Paragraph 2.3: Scope limitations on Life rating and Property rating are removed.
Paragraph 3.4: NZS 4514 domestic smoke alarms can be used to extend travel distance in housing.
Paragraph 5.1.2: Requirement for notional boundary between buildings only applies where there is sleeping use.
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