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The South Australian Housing Code and Minister's specifications

On this page you will find information about:

The SA Housing Code
Minister’s Specifications
Engineering software having to comply with the Minister’s Specification A2.2

The SA Housing Code

The SA Housing Code sets out deemed to satisfy provisions for the construction of class 1a and class 10a buildings that meet the requirements of the Building Code of Australia.

The Housing Code is referenced by the Building Code of Australia as an acceptable construction manual. This means it is deemed to satisfy the performance requirements of the Building Code of Australia for commonly used materials and methods of construction.

Building work beyond the scope of the SA Housing Code must comply with the Building Code of Australia.

Amendment 20 to the SA Housing Code was adopted on 1 May 2011. This amendment is a fully consolidated version and insert pages can be purchased for $25.00. A list of amendments to the SA Housing Code (PDF 29KB) is available.

The current 2002 South Australian Housing Code (incorporating amendments 9 to 20) is available for $40.00 plus $9.20 postage and handling.

This version includes a:

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updated climate zones map
earthquake hazard zones map
Adelaide metro wind speed map
corrosion environment maps.

These items are available separately:

climate zones map - $5.00
metropolitan design wind speed map - $5.00
earthquake hazard zones map - $5.00
corrosion environment maps - $5.00.

All documents can be purchased by contacting Planning Services on 8303 0724.

If you have concerns about any elements of the SA Housing Code these can be submitted to building policy for consideration. The Proposals for change guide (Word 687KB) will assist you to submit a proposal using the Proposal for change template (Word 695KB).

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Minister’s Specifications

Minister’s Specifications are either referenced in the Development Regulations 2008 or in the South Australian variations to the Building Code of Australia and relate to specific building issues that require attention in South Australia. To assist the building industry, the Building Policy branch develops and reviews these specifications.

This is a list of Minister’s Specifications currently in effect:

SA 76 Maintenance and testing of safety installations (PDF 546KB)
SA 76A Fire safety requirements in caravan parks and residential parks (PDF 1.2MB)
SA 76C Protection of buildings exposed to brush fences (PDF 797KB)
SA 76D Swimming pool safety (PDF 208KB)
SA 78 Additional requirements in designated bushfire prone areas (PDF 27KB)
SA 78A Housing on designated Aboriginal lands (PDF 710KB)
SA 78AA Onsite retention of stormwater (PDF 230KB)
SA 83 Staged occupancy of multistorey buildings (PDF 39KB)
SA A2.2 Structural engineering software (PDF 56KB)
SA F1.7 Waterproofing wet areas additional requirements (PDF 178KB)
SA H2.2 Construction of bulk grain storage facilities (PDF 163KB)
SA H3.2 Concessions and additional requirements for farm buildings (PDF 50KB)
Building advisory notice tech waterproofing in wet areas (PDF 43KB)

See the Planning SA publications list for more information and downloads.

For an alternative version of these documents contact the Department of Planning and Local Government

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Engineering software having to comply with the Minister’s Specification A2.2.

Minister’s Specification A2.2 is only relevant to software that produces structural engineering designs that is intended to be used by people who are not engineers.

If the software is compliant with the Minister’s Specification then the building surveyor can have confidence that the design is compliant with the Building Code of Australia. The only checking required is to make sure that the structural design matches the architectural design in the rest of the application.

Compliance makes it easy for the building surveyor because all they need to do is: