<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_be11a814-2b71-441b-b6f9-7459b066b1c4" 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>S5C2</sptc><title id="_45f7b1a9-fe67-4bff-94a3-ac1a5c5e17d1">Exposure to fire-source features</title><archive-num>2019: Spec C1.1: 2.1</archive-num><subclause id="_ad6b376b-9eeb-44cf-bb96-944ddcdef978" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_036d2ef8-4d6e-45d6-81e8-8cfd25bd8d40">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A part of a building element is exposed to a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1300_2.2.0.xml#_c8140c52-95f0-42dd-803f-d75a4f92558c" id="_fb40f57b-4e8b-4832-a5d0-2b155e05f895" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-source feature</xref> if any of the horizontal straight lines between that part and the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1300_2.2.0.xml#_c8140c52-95f0-42dd-803f-d75a4f92558c" id="_fcca0e16-883f-4471-b9b5-e0ab7ef5c0bb" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-source feature</xref>, or vertical projection of the feature, is not obstructed by another part of the building that—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_17277652-5d40-4551-9bdd-d6e0be1b0463">has an FRL of not less than 30/–/–; and</li><li id="_e9684393-5aad-4343-88d3-2e4ca622a90a">is neither transparent nor translucent.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_7fe7d3f3-1e9b-43a3-9dc0-e015fa002edf" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_d131eb2d-1cea-4026-9f28-35a8d0ac2520">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>A part of a building element is not exposed to a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1300_2.2.0.xml#_c8140c52-95f0-42dd-803f-d75a4f92558c" id="_328bf101-8ab3-44aa-bda9-85a8211b334c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-source feature</xref> if the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1300_2.2.0.xml#_c8140c52-95f0-42dd-803f-d75a4f92558c" id="_bcf3944c-884e-4210-bb78-2211f8538b2e" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-source feature</xref> is—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_7690cdd9-0919-4cfc-918b-d55580eb648b">an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_75df72f9-bcb9-4386-9dc0-ebdda52e401a" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">external wall</xref> of another building that stands on the allotment and the part concerned is more than 15 m above the highest part of that <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_908f9394-1e5a-463d-a73e-077f111ce422" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">external wall</xref>; or</li><li id="_a1ff16c7-abd6-4b8a-a021-bddf13aed2be">a side or rear boundary of the allotment and the part concerned is below the level of the finished ground at every relevant part of the boundary concerned.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_b907e3db-a932-4b4a-b1d4-4345557d0133" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_0eb959d7-f5d0-44f1-a72b-2d42a6ac1ffe">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>If various distances apply for different parts of a building element—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_f9bcb718-0b6f-4ca9-abc0-e00254c3578e">the entire element must have the FRL applicable to that part having the least distance between itself and the relevant <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1300_2.2.0.xml#_c8140c52-95f0-42dd-803f-d75a4f92558c" id="_6da6caf9-118f-44bc-9cb2-e584f8e91cfd" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-source feature</xref>; or</li><li id="_a1fe2873-a304-4e24-a480-7f95afa78b34">each part of the element must have the FRL applicable according to its individual distance from the relevant <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1300_2.2.0.xml#_c8140c52-95f0-42dd-803f-d75a4f92558c" id="_5aca339d-00e3-45a9-959d-37dbf068a473" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-source feature</xref>.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_5acdcde2-9dd4-4b91-9922-c774bd5b4fe2" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_722d5e1e-c3f9-4b05-9a8a-7dd243972f42">SubClause</title><num>4</num><p>The requirements of (3) do not override or permit any exemption from <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/260_20.9.0.xml#_30a57773-9f2c-4f77-8ff0-6dce6f0b4e82" id="_309a171b-3612-43ce-ad27-448e1ef5c07d" scope="local" type="clause">S5C3</xref>.</p></subclause></clause>