Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018

The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

A regulation may—

fix the fees payable under this Act and the way, time, place, and the person by and to whom the fees must be paid; or

provide for a maximum penalty of not more than 20 penalty units for a contravention of a regulation; or

provide for matters relating to the licensing of plumbers or drainers; or

provide for matters relating to plumbing or drainage work; or

provide for permits for permit work or notifiable work; or

provide for the inspection of permit work and notifiable work and the giving of action notices, inspection certificates or final inspection certificates for the work; or

provide for administrative matters, including the requirement for a person to give a notice to an entity, in relation to plumbing or drainage work; or

require the maintenance, testing and inspection of particular plumbing or drainage work; or

provide for approvals for—

on-site sewage treatment plants; or

greywater treatment plants; or

provide requirements about reporting on servicing on-site sewage facilities, greywater use facilities or greywater treatment plants; or

provide for circumstances when a local government is not required to inspect particular plumbing or drainage work, and for the giving of notices about the work; or

require a person to carry out plumbing or drainage work on premises to comply with a requirement of this Act, and to provide for payment of the costs of carrying out the work; or

provide for a local government to recover costs from the owner of premises for costs incurred by the local government carrying out plumbing or drainage work on the premises; or

provide for the registers the commissioner or a local government must keep and the information that must or may be included in each register.