<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_b88018c6-f492-4421-8ed1-08dbb2d4b61b" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 4"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>A6G9</sptc><title id="_e4e3b0e0-4bdf-4409-a65c-86b926cac2b9">Class 8 buildings</title><archive-num>2019: A6.8</archive-num><subclause id="_0dbb4926-c183-4957-bfd2-dcf9d2573da1" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_c710b776-f084-4abd-919c-a9784cc7a1dc">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A Class 8 building is a process-type building.</p></subclause><subclause id="_7f284f28-269c-4b96-be94-5448306dc18e" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_dd28ec8e-82c4-431f-abe7-0a03dd625b0a">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>Class 8 buildings include the following:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_b74a3083-ddf3-45ba-847a-3730f29166a9">A laboratory.</li><li id="_f12858b6-3f21-4cff-bc20-5f72896e138e">A building in which the production, assembling, altering, repairing, packing, finishing, or cleaning of goods or produce for sale takes place.</li></ol></subclause><callout id="_fe481cc2-5894-4f81-8446-ee71f1508f52"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>The most common way to describe a Class 8 building is as a ‘factory’. However, this can give a simplistic impression of the types of building which can fall within this classification.</p><p>For example—</p><ul><li>some laboratories, despite their often small size, have been included as Class 8 buildings principally because of their high <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1279_0.4.0.xml#_7babb9ed-37aa-4441-b7da-93711bfa5283" id="_76a195f5-0ff2-475c-816c-07b9c45726be" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire hazard</xref>; and</li><li>buildings used for altering or repairing (except <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1457_24.0.0.xml#_dee326be-7bf9-476e-92f6-54c49bf5da45" id="_c0eaea2d-c209-4fa9-876b-157c70ab8c11" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">service stations</xref>, which are specifically included in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2532_1.4.0.xml#_203fbf05-2f6f-425e-85e9-7df8a7b3e3df" id="_173994d9-d1e1-4ae9-a558-eac2b2bf3a41" scope="local" type="clause">A6G7</xref> as Class 6 buildings); and</li><li>potteries; and</li><li>food manufacturers (but not restaurants, which are specifically included in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2532_1.4.0.xml#_203fbf05-2f6f-425e-85e9-7df8a7b3e3df" id="_a1e5f20b-e46c-46e3-9460-73ab081ea4d3" scope="local" type="clause">A6G7</xref> as Class 6 buildings); and</li><li>buildings used for the packing or processing of produce, such as a farm or horticultural building.</li></ul></callout></clause>