| (1) | The requirements of the National Building Regulations shall be complied with by: |
| (a) | adhering to the requirements of all the prescriptive regulations; and |
| (b) | satisfying all functional regulations by: |
| (i) | adopting building solutions that comply with the requirements of the relevant part of SANS 10400; or |
| (ii) | reliably demonstrating, or predicting with certainty, to the satisfaction of the appropriate local authority, that an adopted building solution has an equivalent or superior performance to a solution that complies with the requirements of the relevant part of SANS 10400. |
| (2) | A competent person who is registered in an appropriate category of registration in terms of the Architectural Professions Act, 2000 (Act No. 44 of 2000), the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000), the Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003 (Act No. 27 of 2003) or any other relevant Act and, in accordance with the requirements of Regulation A19, shall prepare and submit to the local authority a rational design or rational assessment where compliance with the requirements of subregulation (1) is to be satisfied in terms of subregulation (1)(b)(ii). |
| (3) | An approved competent persons who satisfies the requirements of subregulation (1) in terms of subregulation (1)(b)(ii) in respect of a system, measure, facility, parameter or installations shall inspect and certify upon completion, in accordance with the requirements of Regulation A19, the construction, erection or installation thereof. |
[Regulation AZ4 added by regulation 34 of Notice No. R. 574 of 2008]
