Building used as a school or college
The term 'building' includes one building, a group of buildings, a part of a building or additions to a building.
The building should be a permanent structure, usually with walls and a roof.
Buildings used as a school include:
- an indoor swimming pool (surrounded by walls and roof) being an integral part of a building that is used as a school or college, and
- school or college assembly halls.
Items that are not buildings include:
- tennis courts, playing fields, covered play areas, car parks and landscaping
- land acquired for the purpose of providing recreational space, such as a sports ground, and
- furniture, training equipment and computers, unless they form an integral part of the building - that is, as fixtures.
Fixtures are accepted as part of a building. They are affixed to a building and are unable to be detached without substantial damage to the item itself or that to which it is attached.
Fixtures include ducted heating systems and fixed air conditioning systems.
The building or group of buildings must be used for a purpose that is connected with the curriculum of the school or college. Any other use of the building must be either integral to its use as a school, or be only minor or occasional other use.
A multipurpose building must satisfy the same requirements as any other building before it can be characterised as a building used as a school. Where use of a building is shared by a school with others, the school building fund can only use its funds to contribute towards the cost of any common area if it is used as a school - that is, where any other use is either integral to its use as a school, or is only minor or occasional other use.
Sections within Characteristics of a school building fund
Last Modified: Tuesday, 4 December 2012