<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_49d4a00b-04fd-4bef-a527-dc9aef82981a" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><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 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/></meta><sptc>2.2.2</sptc><title id="_098f46c1-3b08-48c3-8593-d47fbc9a0a60">Resistance to actions</title><archive-num>2019: 3.0.2</archive-num><subclause id="_ac191bdc-3499-460a-a46d-c4f60baa969f" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_6df25d42-0183-4e0f-a87f-4b9df712dc0e">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>The resistance of a building or structure must be greater than the most critical action effect resulting from different combinations of actions, where—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_ad8a5320-11dd-4e2f-8b0d-01116f65473b">the most critical action effect on a building or structure must be determined in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/969_1.12.0.xml#_184cc079-533b-42ad-a34a-0fab947455cf" id="_9c252af7-8416-4eae-9258-7a7c3088aeaf" scope="local" type="clause">2.2.3</xref> and the general design procedures contained in AS/NZS 1170.0; and</li><li id="_e8fea974-13a0-41f1-b3b4-87b168e85015">the resistance of a building or structure is determined in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/971_1.12.0.xml#_00651b07-72e0-4c63-a813-8f8a34a61bb4" id="_dad0d0ae-6983-40b5-8cea-a96e4e06d41f" scope="local" type="clause">2.2.4</xref>.</li></ol></subclause><callout id="_2493fcc0-a731-4f59-b4ca-6fc339dc1732"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>A building or structure must be designed to resist the most critical effect resulting from different combinations of actions, taking into consideration—</p><ul><li>the probability of simultaneous occurrence of two or more actions; and</li><li>the levels of reliability of the structure when subject to combined actions; and</li><li>the characteristics of the action.</li></ul><p>Determining the levels of reliability of the structure when subject to combined actions should be consistent with the levels of reliability implicit in the design events for natural phenomenon. When designing for the maximum combined actions, a principle frequently adopted is that the maximum is likely to occur when at least one of the actions is at its maximum value.</p></callout></clause>