<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_0f023440-73fc-46b6-85a6-e591b188368b" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>C4D16</sptc><title id="_69b2a420-12a4-49f0-a0e3-348f47e085a1">Construction joints</title><archive-num>2019: C3.16</archive-num><subclause id="_13cb9017-caf3-4701-a45f-91bbfbe1e0af" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_24c5a211-2efb-4858-8861-b5150afc0f21">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Construction joints, spaces and the like in and between building elements <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_de7ff148-aa69-42e5-bc56-79ecefb53edd" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> to be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1292_2.2.0.xml#_2d22acf1-980a-4a51-a1a7-758f41e54a83" id="_8dfdb7c8-289d-4ed3-aed0-d1f007284707" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-resisting</xref> with respect to <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1351_0.4.0.xml#_4f47ab4d-35df-47b0-ba07-b167e4a56bd0" id="_9f79785d-c2c4-4780-baa2-134f1e6f362b" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">integrity</xref> and <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1350_0.5.0.xml#_b82f78d0-4656-4aa6-a223-7e52301ea308" id="_9844a675-3a34-42dd-9de3-bd7ef429a46b" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">insulation</xref> must be protected in a manner—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_32ec6298-f295-4168-9a50-d50beccd01d6">identical with a prototype tested in accordance with AS 4072.1 and AS 1530.4 to achieve the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_5a195151-9eb9-4e8d-823b-95fe23461fe9" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> FRL; or</li><li id="_a22511f5-96eb-4b32-9d72-ec0ac348b960">that differs from a prototype in accordance with Section 4 of AS 4072.1 and achieves the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_837b2e92-01b4-407c-9f04-a9d3da4cca29" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> FRL.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_9320a4a7-2bcc-40f0-82a1-dfc9ea55db07" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_a46ed690-4e97-4849-ba03-4f003a2b525a">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The determination of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_cef4d414-57f8-4c1c-b5a7-58ba5a7b0c36" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> FRL must be confirmed in a report from an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1175_0.13.0.xml#_52d35595-b475-460e-ac5e-5cd3e0a72e5f" id="_136c3151-6598-4b8d-9116-4367ada6ae8c" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">Accredited Testing Laboratory</xref> in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/956_0.6.0.xml#_ac5bb939-07a5-4590-8de0-f46672ff32d8" id="_7d2a89cc-efa3-48d3-b9bb-26257a521f78" scope="local" type="specification">Specifications 1</xref> and <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1068_0.7.0.xml#_8c634e59-ec17-4526-a79b-a7641f283bf7" id="_8f58fbaf-1676-4761-a17f-21314b3e65a7" scope="local" type="specification">2</xref>.</p></subclause><subclause id="_cb190882-6571-48f8-b8b0-80f0c352a39e" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_4d13fe22-9b39-43fb-9f37-973eb927d673">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>The requirements of (1) do not apply where joints, spaces and the like between <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1288_2.5.0.xml#_b999bcb2-7ffd-4512-876a-a30c20b21025" id="_2ffb39ac-dc88-415f-91a7-85f333a230b5" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-protected timber</xref> elements are provided with cavity barriers in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/148_0.3.0.xml#_50dc5894-1da9-4069-9884-83f4ba90543f" id="_4e5f27af-118b-49ce-a3b8-f50fec755f14" scope="local" type="specification">Specification 9</xref>.</p></subclause></clause>