(1) The report and consent of the chief officer must be obtained to an application for a building permit to construct a building to which this Division applies if the requirements of regulation 160 or 161 are not proposed to be complied with.
(2) In reporting on and considering whether to consent to a variation of the requirements of regulation 160 or 161 under subregulation (1), the chief officer must take into account whether a satisfactory degree of bushfire safety will be achieved if the variation is consented to.
Division 3—Private bushfire shelters