Annual Maintenance Statement: Essential Safety Measures

Essential Property Services provides all stakeholders with an essential safety measures logbook (compliant with regulations and Building Code of Australia) containing the necessary guidance and information to allow them to progress through a 12 month period, and conclude with the signing of the annual maintenance statement with confidence. EPS can provide essential safety measures inspection services, logbooks auditing, and the procurement of Specialist Maintenance Contractor Statements, resulting in the client (or EPS, if commissioned to do so) signing the annual maintenance statement.

Building Regulations: Essential Safety Measures

Most States building maintenance legislation around Australia requires the building owner, occupier or owners agent to ensure that all essential safety measures inspections, maintenance routines, repairs to essential safety measures and procurement of maintenance records have occurred before signing the annual maintenance statement.

States with prescribed annual maintenance statement statutory forms are:

Victoria - Annual Essential Safety Measures Report
New South Wales - Annual Fire Safety Statement
Queensland - Annual Occupiers Statement/Record of Maintenance
South Australia - Certificate of Compliance with Maintenance Procedures for Essential Safety Provisions
Tasmania - Annual Maintenance Statement
Western Australia - no annual maintenance statement.
Northern Territory - no annual maintenance statement.
Australian Capital Territory - Annual Verification Certificate.

AS 1851 - 2005 and the Annual Maintenance Statement

For an overview on how an Annual Maintenance Statement can be affected by AS 1851-2005 Maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment, click here.

Building Legislation Table: Annual Maintenance Statement

Refer to our Building Legislation Table for further information surrounding the essential safety measures Annual Maintenance Statement in your State/ Territory.