Bush Fire Risk Treatment Standards 2020 (WA)

Western Australia Bush Fires Act 1954 Bush Fire Risk Treatment Standards 2020 Western Australia Bush Fire Risk Treatment Standards 2020 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Areas to which standards apply 1 5. Risk treatment areas 1 6. Clearing risk treatment areas 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Defined terms Bush Fires Act 1954 Bush Fire Risk Treatment Standards 2020

1. Citation These standards are the Bush Fire Risk Treatment Standards 2020.

2. Commencement These standards come into operation as follows — (a) clauses 1 and 2 — on the day on which these standards are published in the Gazette; (b) the rest of the standards — on the day after that day.

3. Terms used In these standards — Building Code means the Building Code of Australia which is Volumes One and Two, as amended from time to time, of the National Construction Code series published by, or on behalf of, the Australian Building Codes Board; collar, of a branch of a tree, means the base of the branch where it meets the trunk of the tree; development approval means — (a) approval under the Planning and Development Act 2005 for the development of any land; or (b) approval, authorisation, consent or permission under any other written law to do anything that would or might significantly affect the physical character of any land; inner zone has the meaning given in clause 5(2); lot has the meaning given in the Land Tax Assessment Act 2002 Glossary clause 2; Metropolitan Region Scheme has the meaning given in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1); outer zone has the meaning given in clause 5(3); relevant building means a building that — (a) is classified under the Building Code as — (i) Class 1, 2, 3, 9 or 10c; or (ii) Class 10a, but only if part of the building is within 6 metres of a building classified under the Building Code as Class 1, 2, 3 or 9; and (b) was built under development approval obtained before 8 December 2015; riparian vegetation means the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse; risk treatment area has the meaning given in clause 5(1); tree means a perennial plant — (a) having one or more woody, self‑supporting trunks; and (b) standing at a height of at least 5 metres; vegetation does not include a tree; watercourse has the meaning given in the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 section 3; wetland has the meaning given in the Environmental Protection Act 1986 Schedule 5 clause 2.