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01 - General
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Fire Code 2023
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Clause History
This is a summary of migration history of the clauses from Fire Code 2013 to Fire Code 2018.
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Fire Code 2018
Fire Code 2013
Clause Status
Effective Date
Clause No.
Clause No.
1.1.1
1.1.2
Renumbered
1.1.2
1.1.16
Renumbered
1.1.3
New
01 Mar 2019
1.1.4
Chapter 9 and Appendices
Relocated
1.2
New
01 Mar 2019
1.2.1
New
01 Mar 2019
1.2.2
New
01 Mar 2019
1.3
1.2.1
Renumbered
1.4
1.2
Renumbered
1.4.1
New
01 Mar 2019
1.4.10
1.2.3 (c)
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.11
1.2.3 (a)
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.12
2.8.1
Renumbered
1.4.13
1.2.5
Renumbered
1.4.14
New
01 Mar 2019
1.4.15
1.2.6
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.16
Appendix 12(2)
Relocated
1.4.17
1.2.7
Renumbered
1.4.18
1.2.8
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.19
1.2.9
Renumbered
1.4.2
1.2.1 (A)
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.20
1.4.10
Renumbered
1.4.21
1.2.11
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.22
Extracted from circular dated 8 Sep 2016
01 Jan 2017
1.4.23
1.2.12
Renumbered
1.4.25
New
01 Mar 2019
1.4.26
1.2.14
Renumbered
1.4.27
1.2.15
Renumbered
1.4.28
New
01 Mar 2019
1.4.29
1.2.16
Renumbered
1.4.29a
1.2.16(a)
Renumbered
1.4.29b
1.2.16(b)
Renumbered
1.4.29c
1.2.16(c)
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.3
2.5.1 (e)
Renumbered
1.4.4
1.2.2 (A)
Renumbered
1.4.5
1.2.2 (B)
Renumbered, rephrased
1.4.6
Appendix 12 (5)
Relocated
1.4.7
1.2.2
Renumbered
1.4.8
1.2.3 (b)
Renumbered
1.4.9
1.2.4
Renumbered, rephrased