Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The following requirements are prescribed:
(a) for domestic water supply plumbing work involving the installation of, or work on, a shower—the shower head must have a maximum flow capacity of not more than 9 litres per minute;
(b) for domestic water supply plumbing work involving the installation of, or work on, a tap for a kitchen or laundry sink or any other basin inside a building—the outlet of the tap must have a maximum flow capacity of not more than 9 litres per minute.
(2) The maximum flow capacity mentioned in subsection (1) must be worked out using AS/NZS 6400 as in force from time to time.
(3) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to domestic water supply plumbing work involving the installation of, or work on, a tap for a kitchen or laundry sink or any other basin inside a building if—
(a) the tap is in part of the building used, or for use, mainly for business; or
(b) the usual pressure of water that is, or is to be, supplied to the building is less than 50kPa.
Example
a home on a farm supplied with bore water at a pressure less than 50kPa
Note An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(4) In this section:
"domestic"—water supply plumbing work or sanitary plumbing work is domestic if it is work in relation to premises used, or for use, for residential purposes.
(5) The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to an instrument mentioned in subsection (2).
Note The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated instrument, whether applied as in force at a particular time or from time to time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).