Building Code of Australia
LegislationReferenced in 2 bills
Fire and Emergency Services (Domestic Smoke Alarms) Amendment Bill 2016
This bill tightens Queensland's smoke alarm rules in response to the 2011 Slacks Creek house fire that killed 11 people. It requires every home to have photoelectric, interconnected smoke alarms powered by hardwiring or a 10-year lithium battery, phased in over a decade from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2027.
23/2/2016· PASSED with amendment· Hon B Byrne MP
Housing & RentingSafety & Emergency
Fire and Emergency Services (Smoke Alarms) Amendment Bill 2015
This bill aimed to make photoelectric smoke alarms mandatory in every Queensland home, implementing recommendations from the coronial inquest into the 2011 Slacks Creek house fire that killed 11 people. Homeowners would have had three years to upgrade existing alarms. The bill was discharged and did not become law.
2/12/2015· Discharged· Mr J Bleijie MP
Safety & EmergencyHousing & Renting