Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - REG 12

12 Designation by local planning instrument of bush fire prone areas

(1) A local government may, in a local planning instrument, designate all or part of its area as a designated bush fire prone area for the BCA or QDC.

(2) On the making of the designation, the provisions of the BCA or QDC that apply to a designated bushfire prone area apply for any building assessment work that relates to the area.

(3) The local government must, if it is practicable to do so, ensure its planning scheme maps show each of its designated bush fire prone areas.

(4) If it is not practicable for the local government to show each of the areas in its planning scheme maps, it must—

(a) prepare maps showing the areas; and

(b) ensure the maps are updated from time to time to show its current designated bush fire prone areas.

(5) The maps must state when each designation was made.