Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
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bush fire risk treatment standards means bush fire
risk treatment standards published under section 35AA(5);
owner or occupier of land includes a department of
the Public Service that occupies land or a State agency or instrumentality
that owns or occupies land.
(2) An owner or
occupier of land may comply with bush fire risk treatment standards that apply
to the land, but is not required to do so.
(3) Subsection (2)
does not authorise an owner or occupier of land to comply with bush fire risk
treatment standards that apply to the land if that compliance would result in
the owner or occupier failing to comply with —
(a)
another provision of this Act that has effect in relation to the land; or
(b) a
provision of another written law that has effect in relation to the land and
that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection; or
(c)
local laws referred to in section 33(5a) that apply to the land.
(4) Except as provided
in subsection (3), an owner or occupier of land may comply with bush fire risk
treatment standards that apply to the land despite any other written law.
[Section 35AB inserted: No. 27 of 2016 s. 4.]
[Heading amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]