New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(Clause 38)
Holders of contractor licences or certificates on which are endorsed one or more of the work categories listed in Column 1 of the Table are authorised to contract to do or to do, as the case may be, the specialist work or the residential building work more fully described in Column 2 of the Table opposite each such work category. Work categories endorsed on contractor licences or certificates but not listed in Column 1 are to be taken as referring to the work involved, as a matter of trade practice, in the trade or building activity described by the endorsed work category.
A reference in Column 2 of the Table to the National Plumbing and Drainage Code(AS 3500.0-1990) is a reference to the publication of that name published by Standards Australia. A reference in that Column to the NSW Code of Practice “Plumbing and Drainage” is a reference to the publication of that name published by the Committee on Uniformity of Plumbing and Drainage Regulation in New South Wales. Those publications are available from Standards Australia and water supply authorities.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Work Category | Description of Work Authorised |
| A. Specialist work | |
| Advanced LP gasfitter/Advanced LP gasfitting | Liquefied petroleum gasfitting on a gas installation (other than an autogas installation) or on pipes, fittings or appliances attached to any liquefied petroleum gas transport container, without any restriction as to pressure and whether or not the gas will be conveyed in liquid or vapour phase. |
| Drainer/Draining | Work of house drainage as defined in the National Plumbing and Drainage Code(AS 3500.0-1990) , including work on a house drain connected to a septic tank, effluent system and sullage system. |
| Fire protection system | Water plumbing involved in a fire service as defined in the National Plumbing and Drainage Code(AS 3500.0-1990) , including a fire sprinkler system and water main connection. |
| Fire sprinkler system | Water plumbing involved in the fire sprinkler system installed beyond the sprinkler valve assembly. |
| Gasfitter/Gasfitting | Gasfitting work on any gas installation (other than an autogas installation) involving combustible gas (other than liquefied petroleum gas) connected or intended to be connected to the meter of a gas company or to a compressed natural gas container. |
| LP gasfitter/LP gasfitting | Liquefied petroleum gasfitting work on a gas installation (other than an autogas installation) restricted to an installation designed to carry liquefied petroleum gas in vapour phase only at pressures not exceeding 150 kilopascals. |
| Plumber/Plumbing | Water plumbing, roof plumbing and work of sanitary plumbing as defined in the National Plumbing and Drainage Code(AS 3500.0-1990) , including such work on premises on which any part of the sewerage service is connected to a septic tank. |
| Roof plumber/Roof plumbing | Roof plumbing work. |
| Urban irrigation | Work involved in urban irrigation as defined in the NSW Code of Practice “Plumbing and Drainage” , including the connection of the system to a water main. |
| Water plumber/Water plumbing | Work of water supply as defined in the National Plumbing and Drainage Code(AS 3500.0-1990) , including such work on pipes and fittings, whether or not connected or intended to be connected to a water main, that are in a building in which any part of the sewerage service is connected to a septic tank. |
| B. Residential building work | |
| Structural landscaping | Work involved in the construction of pergolas and the like, cabanas and other non-habitable shelters, driveways, paths and other paving and retaining walls not associated with dwelling construction, as well as the construction or installation of ornamental ponds, water features and other structural ornamentation, the construction or installation of which requires an approval under the Local Government Act 1993 . (The holder of such a category of contractor licence may also contract to do the specialist work of urban irrigation, however, such work must be done by the holder of an appropriate specialist work contractor licence.) |
| Water proofing | Work involved in any protective treatment of a dwelling designed to prevent the penetration of water or moisture into the dwelling or in the protective treatment of wet areas in a dwelling designed to prevent the unwanted escape of water from those areas by using solid membranes or membranes applied by brush, roller or any other method. |