<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_14c1e830-0b0d-45cf-b5f7-ca75ed9c4187" 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>S5C4</sptc><title id="_08d4f082-7121-48a5-b693-1ee489546f91">Lintels</title><archive-num>2019: Spec C1.1: 2.3</archive-num><subclause id="_2d73a635-11a9-4d57-bc56-24353e738e02" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_e668c30e-81a1-45e3-b5b7-ef40176b7ec4">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A lintel must have the FRL <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_a0aab555-4532-46f4-b958-64b0a5c62df8" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> for the part of the building in which it is situated.</p></subclause><subclause id="_3194ccb6-221e-48fc-8da4-d77859f5a0b7" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_60a9d2c6-e7d4-4a03-a15d-0e72a15b7e5e">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>A lintel need not comply with (1) if it does not contribute to the support of a fire door, fire <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1525_29.1.0.xml#_48631093-d96b-4a40-a86d-7ffae028f24d" id="_78e953a3-71c8-4e2d-8df7-8e203e524ede" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">window</xref> or fire shutter, and—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_36d73c43-1985-4e01-97d1-35cfee5bcd33">it spans an opening in—<ol><li>a wall of a building containing only one <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1483_25.0.0.xml#_53ff3ea1-55e7-4f2a-b2b3-ca445ff64c15" id="_63fe7717-5dbd-4246-b40c-903c64432b23" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">storey</xref>; or</li><li>a non-<xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1360_0.4.0.xml#_fe6e68c5-3fcb-4038-844a-2fcb7099f7da" id="_11f9136a-6261-4752-a7ed-ce6d9d4ccbce" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">loadbearing</xref> wall of a Class 2 or 3 building; or</li></ol></li><li id="_0c5a5469-5bb5-465f-a62b-0b3a1c885bd4">it spans an opening in masonry which is not more than 150 mm thick and—<ol><li>not more than 3 m wide if the masonry is non-<xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1360_0.4.0.xml#_fe6e68c5-3fcb-4038-844a-2fcb7099f7da" id="_0af9ad57-03fe-49ca-ab3a-ac5de580a74e" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">loadbearing</xref>; or</li><li>not more than 1.8 m wide if the masonry is <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1360_0.4.0.xml#_fe6e68c5-3fcb-4038-844a-2fcb7099f7da" id="_f9dd0c49-7e22-430c-8f01-cb1949ea7ac1" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">loadbearing</xref> and part of a solid wall or one of the leaves of a cavity wall.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause></clause>