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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 156

Relevant building surveyor must accept bushfire attack level in planning scheme or site assessment for planning permit

    (1)     Despite anything to the contrary in the BCA, if a building is to be constructed in a designated bushfire prone area and the bushfire attack level for the site is specified in a planning scheme applying to that site, the relevant building surveyor must accept that bushfire attack level for the purpose of determining the construction requirements that are applicable to the building.

    (2)     Despite anything to the contrary in the BCA, if a building is to be constructed in a designated bushfire prone area and

        (a)     a planning permit is required for the construction of the building; and

        (b)     a site assessment for the purpose of determining the bushfire attack level for the site has been considered as part of the application for the planning permit

the relevant building surveyor must accept that site assessment for the purpose of determining the bushfire attack level of the site and the construction requirements that are applicable to the building.



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