• National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977)
    • Notice No. 1211 of 1977
    • Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application of Act
    • 3. Duties of draftsmen of plans, specifications, documents and diagrams
    • 4. Approval by local authorities of applications in respect of erection of buildings
    • 5. Appointment of building control officer by local authority
    • 6. Functions of building control officers
    • 7. Approval by local authorities in respect of erection of buildings
    • 8. Power of court in respect of approval by local authorities
    • 9. Appeal against decision of local authority
    • 11. Erection of buildings subject to time limit
    • 10. Erection of buildings in certain circumstances subject to prohibition or conditions
    • 12. Demolition or alteration of certain buildings
    • 13. Exemption of buildings from national building regulations and authorization for erectio
    • 14. Certificates of occupancy in respect of buildings
    • 15. Entry by building control officers and certain other persons of certain buildings and l
    • 16. Report on adequacy of certain measures and on certain building projects
    • 17. National building regulations and directives
    • 18. Deviation and exemption from national building regulations
    • 19. Prohibition on use of certain methods or materials
    • 20. Regulations
    • 21. Order in respect of erection and demolition of buildings
    • 22. Power of local authorities relating to rates, taxes, fees and other moneys
    • 23. Exemption from liability
    • 24. General penalty clause
    • 25. Presumption
    • 26. Payment of certain moneys to local authorities
    • 27. Powers of Minister in respect of certain local authorities
    • 28. Delegations of powers
    • 29. Repeal of laws
    • 30. [Repealed]
    • 31. Repeal of section 14bis of Act 33 of 1962, as inserted by section 4 of Act 72 of 1964
    • 32. [Repealed]
    • 33. [Repealed]
    • 34. Short title and commencement
  • Regulations
    • Review Board Regulations
      • Notice No. 2074 of 1985
      • Annexures
        • Annexure A
        • Annexure B : Notice in terms of Regulation 11(2) of the Regulations made under Section 20 of the National Building Regulations and Buildings Standards Act, 1977 (Act 103 of 1977), to appear before the Review Board
    • Regulations under the National Building Regulations ...
      • Notice No. R. 2378 of 1990
      • Part AZ : Coming into Operation, Definitions and Standards
        • AZ1. Coming into operation
        • AZ2. Definitions
        • AZ3. Standards
        • AZ4. Complying with the requirements of the ...
        • AZ5. Repeal of regulations
      • Part A : Administration
        • A1. Application
        • A2. Plans and particulars to be furnished
        • A3. Preliminary plans and enquiries
        • A4. Local authority may require additional documents and information
        • A5. Application forms and materials, scales and sizes of plans
        • A6. Site plans
        • A7. Layout drawing
        • A8. Plumbing installation drawings and particulars
        • A9. Fire protection plan
        • A10. Symbols on fire protection plans
        • A11. Pointing out of boundary beacons
        • A12. Street levels
        • A13. Building materials and tests
        • A14. Construction
        • A15. Maintenance and operation
        • A16. Qualifications of a building control officer
        • A17. Certificate of identity of a building control officer
        • A18. Control of plumbers and plumbing work
        • A19. Appointment of persons responsible for design, ...
        • A20. Classification and designation of occupancies
        • A21. Population
        • A22. Notice of intention to commence erection or ...
        • A23. Temporary buildings
        • A24. Standardization of interpretation
        • A25. General enforcement
      • Part B : Structural Design
        • B1. Design requirement
      • Part C : Dimensions
        • C1. Rooms and buildings
      • Part D : Public Safety
        • D1. Change in level
        • D2. Pedestrian entrances to parking areas in buildings
        • D3. Ramps
        • D4. Swimming pools and swimming baths
        • D5. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part E : Demolition Work
        • E1. Demolition of any building
        • E2. Safeguarding of basements
        • E3. Prohibition of dangerous methods
        • E4. General Penalty
      • Part F : Site Operations
        • F1. Protection of the public
        • F2. Damage to local authority's property
        • F3. Geotechnical site and environmental conditions
        • F4. Preparation of site
        • F5. Soil poisoning
        • F6. Control of unreasonable levels of dust and noise
        • F7. Cutting into, laying open and demolishing certain ...
        • F8. Waste material on site
        • F9. Cleaning of site
        • F10. Builder's sheds
        • F11. Sanitary facilities
      • Part G : Excavations
        • G1. General stability requirement
        • G2. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part H : Foundations
        • H1. General requirement
      • Part J : Floors
        • J1. General requirement
      • Part K : Walls
        • K1. Structural strength and stability
        • K2. Water penetration
        • K3. Roof fixing
        • K4. Behaviour in fire
        • K5. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part L : Roofs
        • L1. General requirement
        • L2. Fire resistance and combustibility
        • L3. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part M : Stairways
        • M1. General requirement
        • M2. Fire requirement
        • M3. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part N : Glazing
        • N1. Type and fixing of glazing
      • Part O : Lighting and Ventilation
        • O1. Lighting and ventilation requirement
        • O2. Special provision of natural lighting
        • O3. Approval of artificial ventilation systems
        • O4. Design of artificial ventilation systems
        • O5. Artificial ventilation plant
        • O6. Testing of artificial ventilation systems
        • O7. Fire requirements
      • Part P : Drainage
        • P1. Compulsory drainage of buildings
        • P2. Design of drainage installations
        • P3. Control of objectionable discharge
        • P4. Industrial effluent
        • P5. Disconnections
        • P6. Unauthorized drainage work
        • P7. Inspection and testing of drainage installations
      • Part Q : Non-Water-Borne means of Sanitary Disposal
        • Q1. Means of disposal
        • Q2. Permission
        • Q3. Construction, siting and access
      • Part R : Stormwater Disposal
        • R1. Stormwater disposal requirement
        • R2. Saving
      • Part S : Facilities for Persons with Disabilities
        • S1. Application
        • S2. Facilities to be provided
        • S3. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part T : Fire Protection
        • T1. General requirement
        • T2. Offences
      • Part U : Refuse Disposal
        • U1. Provision of storage areas
        • U2. Access to storage areas
        • U3. Refuse chutes
      • Part V : Space Heating
        • V1. Design, construction and installation
      • Part W : Fire Installation
        • W1. Fire installations
        • W2. Supply of water
        • W3. Design of fire installations
        • W4. Deemed-to-satisfy requirements
      • Part X : Environmental Sustainability
        • XA. Energy usage in buildings
  • Notices
    • Report to the Minister
      • Notice No. 2075 of 1985
    • Servitudes or Restrictive Conditions over Land
      • Notice No. 2076 of 1985