Australian Standard AS 3959 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas - WA - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You may need to comply with this standard if you are submitting a development or subdivision application in a bushfire prone area. This standard specifies safety requirements of buildings in bushfire prone areas.

Requirements will differ according to your Bushfire Attack Level. To ensure that you are in compliance, you will need to prepare a Bushfire Attack Level assessment under this standard.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Comply	All	AS 3959:2018 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Planning and Development Act 2005 Western Australia

Regulation(s) name

State Planning Policy No 3.7 Western Australia

Administering agency

Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage

Western Australian Planning Commission

Contact details

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Enquiries

Western Australian Planning Commission

Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
Western Australia
Operating address:	Gordon Stephenson House 140 William Street Perth, Western Australia 6000
Mailing address:	LOCKED BAG 2506 Perth, Western Australia 6001
Phone:	08 6551 8002
Fax:	08 6551 9001
Email:	committees@dplh.wa.gov.au
Website:	Western Australian Planning Commission (Opens in new window)

Supporting information

Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (Opens in new window)

Australian Standard AS 3959 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas - Western Australia