Building regulations, rules and codes have been continuously evolving. For a very good coverage of the history of this evolution please see the following link at the ABCB
The 1974 Uniform Building Regulation- which came under the Local Government Act 1958, is Statutory Rule (S.R.) 348 /1973, can be found in full-text in volume 2 of the 1973 Victoria Statutory Rules located at B 346.9945 PU in the Redmond Barry Reading Room Please note the separately published 1974 edition of our UBR is unavailable. University of California, Berkeley. Building Type and Construction Property Access Number of Building Per Lot, etc. More information on the Indiana State Codes can be found at the International Building Code (2009, 6th printing) at the following resource: INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL. INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL Helping People Build a Safer World. UBC 25-2 Uniform Building Code Standard (section 25.210, exception 2). OSHA 1926.500, GUARDRAILS, HANDRAILS & GUARDS PDF Standard Number 1926.500, 23 April 1973.
Note that hardcopies of older editions of the Building Code of Australia can also be accessed at the Library on request.
In order to search for building laws and regulations prior to the above dates it would be best to search the Library's online catalogue using the terms Building laws -- Victoria and selecting the 'Subject' category from the drop-down menu on the right-hand side.
The above subject-based search will then lead to a range of rules and regulations which applied at different times earlier.
Uniform Building Regulations
Prior to the consolidation of building laws and regulations into theBuilding Code of Australia, there were various editions of the Uniform Building Regulations which directed and defined building laws in Victoria, from 1945 to 1974.
This link to the Uniform Building Regulations will take you to the Library's online catalogue entry listing the various editionsfrom 1945 to 1974which were published separately and which are located in the Library's onsite storage areas.
The full-text of the Uniform Building Regulations from 1945 to 1961 can also be found in the Victoria Government Gazette which is digitised and available online. After 1961 any amendments to the regulations were merely announced in the Gazette. Searching the Government Gazette is somewhat complicated and takes some practise so the issue and date details of the various UBRs which were published in the Gazette are given below.
- The 1945 UBR appears in issue no. 87, June 28, 1945 .
- The 1959 UBR appears in issue no. 22, March 12, 1959
- The 1961 UBR appears in issue no. 32, April 26, 1961
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After 1961,the Uniform Building Regulations unless published separately and held by the Library, can be found most readily in the Victoria Statutory Rules. More recent rules can be accessed online, older issues are available in print.
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- the 1969 Uniform Building Regulations -- which came under the Local Government Act 1958 is Statutory Rule (S.R.) 111/1969. It is in the 1969 Victoria Statutory Rules located at: B 346.9945 PU in the Redmond Barry Reading Room
- the 1974 Uniform Building Regulation-- which came under the Local Government Act 1958, isStatutory Rule (S.R.) 348 /1973 , can be found in full-text in volume 2 of the 1973 Victoria Statutory Rules located at B 346.9945 PU in the Redmond Barry Reading Room
- Please note the separately published 1974 edition of our UBR is unavailable
- the 1974 Uniform Building Regulation was replaced by theVictoria Building Regulations 1983 .The 1983 Victoria Building Regulations came under the Building Control Act 1981. The only full-text version of the 1983 Victoria Building Regulations held by the Library isStatutory Rule (S.R.) 273 of 1983. It is located at B 346.9945 P4 in the Redmond Barry Reading Room.
Searching the Statutory Rules indexes becomes somewhat more complicated as in earlier dates they were at times listed under the Local Government Act and at later times under the Building Control Act . As always when searching indexes it is useful to familiarize oneself with the parameters of the indexes being searched and also use a range of search terms.
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| OCLC | Title | Date | Issuing Authority | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9133929 | Code manual for the State building construction code (1951) | 1951 1st edition | State Building Code Commission. | General Building Construction (one- and two-family dwellings) |
| 5639203 | Code manual for the State building construction code (1959) | 1959, February 2 3rd edition superseded 1954, June 1 | State Building Code Commission | General Building Construction |
| 3918839 | Code manual for the State Building Construction Code (1977) | 1977, August 1 4th edition superseded 1959, February 2 | State Building Code Commission | General Building Construction |
| NY20002694 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings : including factory manufactured homes (1972) | 1972, July | Housing and Building Codes Bureau | General Building Construction (one- and two-family dwellings) |
| 2110202 | Fire prevention code of the State of New York | 1976 Public hearing draft | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council | Fire Code |
| 2421247 | State fire prevention code (1976) | 1976 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Codes Bureau | Fire Code |
| 7109350 | State fire prevention code (1978) | 1978 edition | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council | Fire Code |
| 32357427 | State fire prevention code (1979) | 1979, May 1 – Amended 1982, January 15 - Reprinted | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Office of Fire Prevention and Control Codes Bureau | Fire Code |
| 9422196 | Draft of the new State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code: promulgated for public hearings | 1983, January 1 | State and Fire Prevention Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Fire Code |
| 12975373 | New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code | 1984, January 1 | New York (State). State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council. | Fire Code |
| 4207087 | State building construction code applicable to general building construction (1978) | 1978, February 1 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | General Building Construction |
| 7971854 | State building construction code applicable to general building construction (1979) | 1979, November 30 9th edition?? | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Housing and Building Codes Bureau | General Building Construction |
| 80643020 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1953) | 1953, December 15 1st edition | State Building Code Commission | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 220111567 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1959) | 1959, December 1 6th edition | Bureau of State Building Codes. | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 45650925 | Generally accepted standards applicable to state building construction code (1968) | 1968, January 2 13th edition | State Building Code Council | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 806740 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1971) | 1971, October 1 16th edition superseded 1970, October 1 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 6539710 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1973) | 1973, January 1 17th edition superseding 1971, October 1 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 1835776 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1975) | 1975, January 1 19th edition superseding 1974, March 13 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 3298858 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1976) | 1976, May 10 20th edition superseded 1975, January 1 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 4207198 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1977) | 1977, May 1 21st edition superseding 1976, May 10 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 6281159 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1978) | 1978, June 26 22nd edition superseded 1977, May 1 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 7971933 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1980) | 1980, October 15 24th edition superseded 1979, September 12 | Division of Housing and Community Renewal State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 8402185 | Generally accepted standards applicable to the State Building Construction Code (1981) | 1981, November 30 (reprinted 1983, January 3) 25th edition superseding 1980, October 15 | New York State Building Code Council | Generally Accepted Standards |
| 1407216 | Standards, rules and regulations for factory manufactured homes | 1973, January 1 | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Manufactured Homes |
| 900083 | Generally accepted standards applicable to State code for construction and installation of mobile homes | 1974, January 15 | State Building Code Council Housing and Building Codes Bureau | Mobile Homes |
| 1407246 | State code for construction and installation of mobile homes and standards, rules and regulations for mobile homes | 1974, March 13 2nd edition superseded 1974, January 15 | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Building Codes Bureau | Mobile Homes |
| 50099588 | Proposed State building construction code applicable to multiple dwellings | 1953, April 6 | State Building Code Commission | Multiple Dwellings |
| 32024740 | State building construction code applicable to multiple dwellings (1953) | 1953, December 15 | State Building Code Commission | Multiple Dwellings |
| 22560193 | State building construction code applicable to multiple dwellings (1958) | 1958, March 31 Second edition??? | State Building Code Commission | Multiple Dwellings |
| 3740258 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings (1951) | 1951, November 1 | State Building Code Commission | One- and Two- Family Dwellings |
| 34687956 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings (1954) | 1954, February 15 | State Building Code Commission | One- and Two- Family Dwellings |
| 34688090 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings (1958) | 1958, March 31 | State Building Code Commission | One- and Two- Family Dwellings |
| 477205126 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings (1964) | 1964, December 1 | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Building Codes Bureau | One- and Two- Family Dwellings |
| 1682801 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings : including factory manufactured homes (1973) | 1973, January 1 | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Building Codes Bureau | One- and Two- Family Dwellings |
| 9966982 | State building construction code applicable to one- and two-family dwellings : including factory manufactured homes (1982) | 1982, January 1 | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Building Codes Bureau | One- and Two- Family Dwellings |
| 36802199 | State building construction code applicable to plumbing (Public hearing draft) | 1957, August 1 | State Building Code Commission Department of Health | Plumbing |
| 56081611 | Plumbing standards of the State Building Construction Code (1958) Minimum Requirements for Plumbing recommended by Department of Health, State of New York | 1958, February 15 | State Building Code Commission Department of Health | Plumbing |
| 34734293 | Plumbing standards of the State Building Construction Code (1960) | 1960, April 1 Second Printing superseded 1958, February 15 | Division of Housing Bureau of State Building Codes Department of Health | Plumbing |
| 1682895 | State building construction code applicable to plumbing | 1973, January 1 3rd edition | Division of Housing and Community Renewal Housing and Building Codes Bureau Department of Health | Plumbing |
| 9875032 | State building construction code applicable to plumbing : (including factory manufactured homes) | 1982, January 1 7th edition | State Building Code Council Division of Housing and Community Renewal Building Codes Bureau | Plumbing |