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156Relevant building surveyor must accept bushfire attack level in planning scheme or site assessment for planning permit
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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⎯
(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.