<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_c9562e0f-302b-47d9-b60c-6481cda67f00" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><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"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>A6G5</sptc><title id="_2db2c2be-51a8-45e6-978f-bbc12abdddd6">Class 4 buildings</title><archive-num>2019: A6.4</archive-num><subclause id="_494c185c-0b05-4bff-b590-de2085616b7d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_2016b310-7b4f-448a-b79b-3a71a68d1379">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Class 4 is a dwelling in a Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building if it is the only dwelling in the building.</p></subclause><callout id="_ae5eee8e-3d98-4dfe-a551-8639586554fe"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>Class 4 classification applies to some types of accommodation located within a Class 5-9 building. The most common include a caretaker’s flat within a building; and accommodation over or otherwise connected to a shop.</p><p>A Class 4 part cannot be located within a Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3 building. There can only be one Class 4 dwelling in a building. If there are two or more dwellings, they are Class 1, Class 2, or possibly Class 3. These Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3 parts need not be attached to one another, nor be more than a single <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1483_25.0.0.xml#_53ff3ea1-55e7-4f2a-b2b3-ca445ff64c15" id="_d5c4865c-4720-4e0f-9d58-bcd5c29a2b91" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">storey</xref>.</p><p>Where a Class 4 part of a building is rented out for accommodation purposes, it retains its Class 4 classification. However, if any other part of the principal building is used for accommodation, for example, the attached shop is converted into an additional flat, both flats become classifiable as Class 2 or, depending on their use, possibly Class 3.</p></callout></clause>