<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_d102aa06-a2a6-48bb-a79f-d32cfc285636" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_40b30f51-9f6a-48ad-b6f4-4b3171d48b95">Appropriate authority</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>For the purposes of the Fire Safety Verification Method, means the relevant authority with the statutory responsibility to determine the particular matter satisfies the relevant <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1395_4.0.0.xml#_f7304862-3529-49d7-9f62-352bcbcb6294" id="_f08e50c4-81f7-400b-a0b8-55e140395bd2" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Performance Requirement</xref>.</p><callout id="_8a6f368a-64f5-4eed-a75f-9645e9cef996"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>The <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1189_0.7.0.xml#_e7f9dc70-0da4-44be-9d29-79f8ddf8b5b6" id="_8fd9f912-ab44-4471-8d09-c7d4d742a28a" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="glossterm">Appropriate Authority</xref> is typically the building surveyor or building certifier charged with the statutory responsibility to determine building compliance and issue the building permit / approval and occupancy certificate / approval.</p></callout></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>