<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause"?><clause id="_4f734a2d-ad0f-45d4-bde8-c6bf3145cc16" outputclass="ncc-clause"><sptc>A5G7</sptc><title id="_1f33c5c9-84b4-42ac-8705-0d6fc72fe00b">Resistance to the incipient spread of fire</title><archive-num>2019: A5.6</archive-num><subclause id="_ccf887ee-41bc-4049-8f56-7e3f145b6d75" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_130f364f-033a-4f25-a979-3fcc7182e5f1">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A ceiling is deemed to have a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1438_5.3.0.xml#_617607ac-6215-49ef-8171-c069d7620b95" id="_5d50d5b0-e281-4a0c-b48a-8e62fb4bff83" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">resistance to the incipient spread of fire</xref> to the space above itself if—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_546625f0-5b45-41b2-ae47-7cf7d10d6ae9">it is identical with a prototype that has been submitted to the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1480_0.4.0.xml#_75714f9c-ff9b-4e9d-9705-7ed3522e2004" id="_f6d32b9a-918a-4e43-8545-b3c712699f74" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Standard Fire Test</xref> and the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1438_5.3.0.xml#_617607ac-6215-49ef-8171-c069d7620b95" id="_e83215c8-42c7-4537-a009-55a94c529bec" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">resistance to the incipient spread of fire</xref> achieved by the prototype is 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="_b8d366cc-22fa-46bb-adac-46646b4a5585" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Accredited Testing Laboratory</xref> that—<ol><li>describes the method and conditions of the test and form of construction of the tested prototype in full; and</li><li>certifies that the application of restraint to the prototype complies with the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1480_0.4.0.xml#_75714f9c-ff9b-4e9d-9705-7ed3522e2004" id="_2970d535-531c-4347-a787-b27bf0b1dfcb" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Standard Fire Test</xref>; or</li></ol></li><li id="_1d289f99-7fe0-43bb-acdb-2ae13d42efe1">it differs in only a minor degree from a prototype tested under (a) and the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1438_5.3.0.xml#_617607ac-6215-49ef-8171-c069d7620b95" id="_91e14dd7-9517-45b9-9da2-ee920ac4f57b" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">resistance to the incipient spread of fire</xref> attributed to the ceiling is 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="_632fd16c-79a7-46fc-9989-128fa2acf083" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Accredited Testing Laboratory</xref> that—<ol><li>certifies that the ceiling is capable of achieving the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1438_5.3.0.xml#_617607ac-6215-49ef-8171-c069d7620b95" id="_0e221a8d-37a9-4fae-ad8e-d0afe7fa0ad1" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">resistance to the incipient spread of fire</xref> despite the minor departures from the tested prototype; and</li><li>describes the materials, construction and conditions of restraint that are necessary to achieve the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1438_5.3.0.xml#_617607ac-6215-49ef-8171-c069d7620b95" id="_81e9ac5c-84dc-4aa0-923f-e778b7a7486c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">resistance to the incipient spread of fire</xref>.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause></clause>