Notice of water supply plumbing work by licensee
15 Notice of water supply plumbing work by licensee
Under the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004, unlicensed people must not provide certain services.
A licensee commits an offence if the licensee provides a water supply plumbing service without—
giving the construction occupations registrar written notice of the licensee’s intention to provide the service at least 2 days before the day the licensee intends to start to provide the service; and
if approval is required for a plan under a regulation—getting the approval.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A licensee commits an offence if, while providing a water supply plumbing service, the licensee contravenes any direction given by the construction occupations registrar about how the service is to be provided.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A licensee commits an offence if—
the licensee does water supply plumbing work that includes the installation of a thing to which the plumbing code applies; and
the thing is not certified under the plumbing code procedure.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A notice under subsection (1) must be signed by—
the licensed plumber actually engaged in doing the work referred to in the notice; or
the licensed plumber employing another plumber to do the work under the licensed plumber’s supervision.
A licensed plumber must not—
sign a notice for work that is not actually done by the plumber or by a plumber under the licensed plumber’s supervision; or
do work under a notice not signed by the licensed plumber.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Water and Sewerage Regulation 2001 · under s 49
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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