Victorian Numbered Regulations

BUILDING AMENDMENT (SPECIFIC USE BUSHFIRE PROTECTED BUILDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS) REGULATIONS 2016 (SR NO 114 OF 2016) - REG 14

For regulation 811(3) and (4) of the Principal Regulations substitute —

        "     812     Relevant building surveyor must accept bushfire attack level of 12·5

    (1)     Despite anything to the contrary in the BCA, if—

        (a)     a building is to be constructed in a designated bushfire prone area; and

        (b)     the bushfire attack level for the site is—

              (i)     determined as LOW by the relevant building surveyor; or

              (ii)     accepted by the relevant building surveyor as LOW under regulation 811—

the relevant building surveyor must accept that the bushfire attack level is 12·5 when determining the construction requirements that are applicable to the building.

    (2)     In this regulation, "building "means—

        (a)     a Class 1, 2 or 3 building; or

        (b)     a Class 10a building or deck that is associated with a Class 1, 2 or 3 building; or

        (c)     a specific use bushfire protected building.

Note

Regulation 114 inserts a definition of Specific use   bushfire protected building into the BCA Volume One.".

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