<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry id="_c81fc55b-6eda-449e-82ad-fd9ec9e37cd9" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_aad2a8d4-0c5b-45cd-9e32-4987dec3966c">Freeboard</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>The height above the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1239_1.0.0.xml#_ba1bb29d-4922-466a-b88a-0521d2e371a6" id="_1391a5c7-f35c-4c74-811c-3b99081b7a29" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">defined flood level</xref> as determined by the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1189_0.7.0.xml#_c1612e09-903f-47de-9ee0-00fb915ae751" id="_93f290cf-8317-4251-b923-d806bfe4cb08" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">appropriate authority</xref>, used to compensate for effects such as wave action and localised hydraulic behaviour.</p></glossdef><glossdef outputclass="glossdef-variation" variation="VIC" variation-type="REPLACE"><title id="_61ab4b79-de09-4b19-a3ae-0d41c1c1ed0b">VIC REPLACE Definition</title><p>The minimum height of the lowest floor of the building above the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1239_1.0.0.xml#_ba1bb29d-4922-466a-b88a-0521d2e371a6" id="_eac4290b-e146-4767-a88d-2b69fb93809d" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">defined flood level</xref>, regulated by the relevant planning scheme, or specified or otherwise determined by the relevant council under Regulation 153 of the Building Regulations 2018 (see <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2316_0.10.0.xml#_f90ae1be-dcf5-4e21-9cc8-a8a64881ad72" id="_2cc7b9bc-035a-40c6-9546-6fdb7a103571" scope="local" type="image-reference">Figure 3</xref>).</p></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>