Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Remediation of Certain defects Section 118 – Section 117: height of buildings and number of storeys Effect
This section applies for the purposes of section 117. Section 117 sets out that a building is defined as a "relevant building" if it contains at least two dwellings and is at least 11 metres in height or has at least five storeys. Section 118 details how the height of the building and its number of storeys is to be determined.
	Subsection (2) sets out how the height of a building is to be determined. The height is measured from ground level to the floor of the top storey.
	Subsection (3) sets out how the number of storeys is to be determined. Any storey below ground level (such as a basement) is to be disregarded. A mezzanine floor counts as a storey if the floor area is at least half the floor area of the largest storey in the building.
	Subsections (4) and (5) make further provision as to how "ground level" is to be determined and what is to count as a storey "below ground level" for the purposes of this section.