New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (APPROVALS) REGULATION 1999 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"building" includes a proposed building.
"Building Code of Australia" has the same meaning as it has in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .
"house drain" means that part of the sewerage service that conveys (or is intended to convey) the discharges from soil pipes and waste pipes on premises.
"house service pipe" means such part of a water service pipe as is not a property service pipe.
"inspector" means an employee of the council who is an authorised person for the purposes of exercising the functions of an inspector under this Regulation.
"interceptor trap" or "boundary trap" means a trap for preventing the passage of air or gases from the sewer to the house drain and located at some point between the sewer and the lowest inlet of the house drain.
"licensed contractor", in relation to carrying out water supply, sewerage or drainage work, means the holder of a licence in force under the Home Building Act 1989 that authorises the holder to carry out that work.
"Manual of Authorization Procedures" means the Manual of Authorization Procedures for Plumbing and Draining Products (SAA MP 52-1991) published by Standards Australia.
"pan" means any movable receptacle kept in a closet and used for the reception of human waste.
"Plumbing and Drainage Code of Practice" means the New South Wales Code of Practice Plumbing and Drainage produced by the Committee on Uniformity of Plumbing and Drainage Regulations in New South Wales as in force from time to time.
"property service pipe" means such part of a water service pipe as lies between the service main and the water meter or, if there is no water meter, the boundary of the premises served by the service pipe.
"qualified supervisor", in relation to the carrying out of water supply, sewerage or drainage work, means the holder of an endorsed licence or supervisor certificate in force under the Home Building Act 1989 authorising the holder to carry out or to supervise that work.
"septic tank" means a fixed receptacle of watertight material used in connection with the storage or bacterial treatment of sewage.
"service main" means a water main or a sewer main.
"sewage of a domestic nature" includes human faecal matter and urine and waste water associated with ordinary kitchen, laundry and ablution activities of a household. It does not include the contents of a pan, septic tank, cesspool or privy.
"sewer main" means a sewer main forming part of the council’s sewerage system, and:

(a) includes risers or junctions provided by the council to enable a sewerage service to be connected to the main, and

(b) if the main is located outside premises that are to be served-includes risers and the sewers and fittings connecting the main to the premises, but only up to the boundary of the premises or, if a boundary trap or interceptor trap is installed, up to the trap.

"sewerage service", in relation to premises:

(a) means the pipes, fittings or fixtures used or intended to be used in connection with the premises for the purpose of conveying sewage or permitted discharges from the premises to the council’s sewerage system, and

(b) if a septic tank is installed on the premises and connects or is intended to connect (directly or indirectly) with the council’s sewerage system-includes a septic tank, an effluent tank or a sullage tank,

but does not include a septic tank intended to discharge to a related effluent application area (as defined in Part 4).
"soil pipe" means any pipe that conveys the discharge from human waste storage facilities, or from operating theatres or morgues, to the house drains.
"the Act" means the Local Government Act 1993 .
"trade waste" means liquid trade or factory wastes or chemical or other impurities from any business, trade or manufacturing premises other than domestic sewage, stormwater or unpolluted water.
"trap" means any fitting designed to retain a quantity of water to prevent the passage of air or gases through such fitting.
"waste pipe" means any pipe that conveys discharges to a house drain from fixtures (other than human waste storage facilities) or operating theatres or morgues.
"water main" means a water main forming part of the council’s water supply system, and, if premises are or are to be connected to the main, includes water pipes and fittings connecting the main to the premises to the point within the premises at which the water meter is or is to be installed.
"water service pipe" means a pipe that connects premises to a water main.

(2) Expressions used in this Regulation that are defined in the Building Code of Australia (but not defined in the Act or this Regulation) have the meanings set out in the Code.

(3) For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) a reference in the Building Code of Australia to the "appropriate authority" is a reference to the relevant authority exercising approval powers under the Act, and

(b) the reference in the Building Code of Australia in the definition of "Certificate of Accreditation" to a State or Territory accreditation authority is a reference to the Director-General when exercising his or her functions under Division 5 of Part 1 of Chapter 7 (sections 120-123B) of the Act.

(4) The explanatory note, table of contents and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.