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OBC 2006 Division B

3.2.4.6.

Version 0 — in force 31 December 2006

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Provenance

OBC 1997 · continues from 3.2.4.6. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext← current

Original — base regulation

OBC 2012 · renumbered to 3.2.4.7. — Pro

3.2.4.6. — Silencing of Alarm Signals

(1) Except as permitted by Sentence (3), a fire alarm system shall be designed so that when an alarm signal is actuated, it cannot be silenced automatically before a period of time has elapsed that is not less than,

(a) 5 min for a building not required to be equipped with an annunciator, and

(b) 20 min for any other building.

(2) Except as permitted by Sentences 3.2.4.19.(9), and 3.2.4.22.(2) and (3), a fire alarm system shall not incorporate manual silencing switches other than those installed inside the fire alarm control unit.

(3) Except as provided in Clause 3.2.4.22.(3)(a), in a care and treatment occupancy an alert signal is permitted to be silenced automatically after 1 min.

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