Specifies requirements for building practice and for the selection, placement and fixing of the various structural elements used in the construction of timber-framed Class 1 and Class 10 buildings, as defined in the Building Code of Australia, for non-cyclonic wind classifications N1 and N2.

First published as AS 056-1946. Second edition 1948. Revised and redesignated as AS CA38-1971. Revised and redesignated as AS 1684-1975. Third edition 1992. Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1684.4-1999. Second edition 2006.