New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUNTER WATER ACT 1991 - SECT 69

69 Work for water supply, sewerage or drainage

(1) A person must not do any kind of work of water supply, sewerage or drainage intended for direct or indirect connection with the pipes, sewers or drains of the Corporation unless the person:

(a) holds an endorsed licence or a supervisor certificate in force under the Home Building Act 1989 authorising the holder to do that kind of work, or

(b) does the work under the immediate supervision of the holder of such a licence or certificate, or

(c) holds a tradesperson certificate in force under the Home Building Act 1989 authorising the holder to do that work under supervision and does that work under the general supervision of the holder of a licence or certificate referred to in paragraph (a).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to any such work, including the standards for and supervision of any such work and the grant of permission by the Corporation or its officers for the performance of any such work.

(3) Despite section 8, Parts 1 and 2 of the Hunter Water Board (Water, Sewerage and Drainage Systems) Regulation 1989 continue in force and are taken to be made under this Act.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), a permit issued under Part 2 of that Regulation before the commencement of this section is taken to have been issued under the authority of a regulation made under this Act.

(5) In that Regulation, a reference to the Managing Director of the Board includes a reference to the chief executive of the Corporation.