PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - As at 1 February 2024 - Act 17 of 2018
- As at 1 February 2024 - Act 17 of 2018Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
Division 1 - Introduction
Division 2 - Interpretation
- 5 Definitions
- 6 Categories of plumbing or drainage work
- 7 The Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code
- 8 The Plumbing Code of Australia
- 9 Code requirements
- 10 References to plumbing or drainage work
- 11 References to local governments
PART 2 - LICENSING
Division 1 - Classes of licences
Division 2 - Granting licences
- 14 Qualifications and practical experience required for licence
- 15 Entitlement to licence
- 16 Application for licence
- 17 Inquiry about applicant
- 18 Extending decision period for application
- 19 Deciding application
- 20 Imposing conditions on licence
- 21 Steps to be taken after application decided
- 22 Form of licence
- 23 Duration of licence
Division 3 - Upgrading provisional licences
- 24 Commissioner may upgrade provisional licence
Division 4 - Endorsements
- 25 Endorsements on licences
- 26 Qualifications and practical experience required for endorsement
- 27 Entitlement to endorsement
- 28 Application for endorsement
- 29 Deciding application
Division 5 - Renewing licences
Division 6 - Restoring expired licences
Division 7 - Reviewing licence conditions
- 35 Review of licence conditions started by licensee
- 36 Review of licence conditions started by commissioner
- 37 Requiring further information to decide application
- 38 Decision on review of licence conditions
- 39 When decision takes effect
- 40 Returning licence for amendment or replacement
Division 8 - Other provisions about licences
- 41 Register of licensees
- 42 Replacing licence
- 43 Obtaining certified copy of licence
- 44 Notice of change in circumstances
- 45 Notice of particular events to licensing authorities and other entities
- 46 Licensee to have regard to particular guidelines
Division 9 - Audit programs and auditing licensees
Division 10 - Disciplinary action
- 49 Grounds for disciplinary action
- 50 Show cause notice
- 51 Deciding action to be taken
- 52 Disciplinary action that may be taken by commissioner
- 53 Advising licensee of decision
- 54 When suspension takes effect
- 55 Referral of particular disciplinary action to QCAT
PART 3 - GENERAL OFFENCES
Division 1 - Offences about licences
- 56 Carrying out work without appropriate licence
- 57 Supervising or directing work without appropriate licence
- 58 Exemptions for ss 56 and 57
- 59 Directly supervising trainees or unlicensed persons
- 60 Contravening licence conditions
- 61 Limits on provisional licensees
- 62 Returning suspended or cancelled licence
- 63 Surrendering licence
Division 2 - Offences about carrying out plumbing or drainage work
- 64 Complying with code requirements for plumbing and drainage work
- 65 Installing things as part of plumbing or drainage work
- 66 Permit required for permit work
- 67 Directing persons to carry out non-compliant work
- 68 Polluting water service provider’s water service or sewerage service provider’s sewerage system
Division 3 - Offences about use restrictions
- 69 Using plumbing or drainage before inspection certificate or final inspection certificate issued for permit work
- 70 Owner’s obligation for operating and maintaining plumbing and drainage
Division 4 - Prohibitions on removing or tampering with particular devices
Division 5 - Discharge and disposal offences
- 74 Discharging toilet waste and water
- 75 Permissible and prohibited discharges
- 76 Disposing of contents of on-site sewage facility
- 77 Disposing of contents of greywater treatment plant
- 78 Discharging kitchen greywater
- 79 Discharging and using greywater, other than kitchen greywater
- 80 Stormwater installation not to be connected to on-site sewage facility or sanitary drain
Division 6 - Offences relating to finishing notifiable work
- 81 Who is a relevant person for notifiable work
- 82 When notifiable work is finished
- 83 Action after notifiable work is finished
Division 7 - Other offences
- 84 False or misleading information
- 85 Misleading representation by builder, manufacturer or supplier of on-site sewage treatment plant
- 86 False advertising or misleading representation of particular things
- 87 Obstructing inspector
- 88 Impersonating inspector
PART 4 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Division 1 - General
Division 2 - Evidence
- 91 Application of division
- 92 Appointments and authority
- 93 Signatures
- 94 Authentication of council documents
- 95 Other evidentiary aids
- 96 Conduct of representatives
- 97 Evidential immunity for individuals complying with particular requirements
Division 3 - Payment of penalties and fines
- 98 Payment of particular penalties and fines
PART 5 - ADMINISTRATION BY QBCC
Division 1 - Functions of commissioner
- 99 Plumbing and drainage functions of commissioner
Division 2 - Assistant commissioner
- 100 Appointment of assistant commissioner
- 101 Functions and powers of assistant commissioner
- 102 Reports to the council
- 103 Representation of the council at QCAT proceedings
- 104 Delegations
Division 3 - Service Trades Council
Subdivision 1 - Establishment, functions and powers of the council- 105 Establishment
- 106 Functions
- 107 Powers
- 108 Delegations Subdivision 2 - Membership of the council
- 109 Appointing members
- 110 Appointing deputy members
- 111 Appointing temporary members
- 112 Disqualification as member, deputy member or temporary member
- 113 Conditions of appointment
- 114 Term of appointment
- 115 Chairperson
- 116 Deputy chairperson
- 117 Resigning as a member
- 118 Vacating office
- 119 Leave of absence for members
- 120 Criminal history report
- 121 Disclosing new convictions
- 122 Criminal history is confidential Subdivision 3 - Business of the council
- 123 References to members
- 124 Conduct of business
- 125 Times and places of meetings
- 126 Quorum
- 127 Presiding at meetings
- 128 Conducting meetings
- 129 Minutes
- 130 Establishing panels
- 131 Panel members and other matters about panels
- 132 Disclosing interests
Division 4 - Investigators
- 133 Investigator to have regard to particular guidelines
PART 6 - ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 134 Local laws and local planning instruments
Division 2 - Administrative matters
- 135 Administration by local governments and other entities
- 136 Monitoring particular greywater use facilities
- 137 Monitoring particular on-site sewage facilities
- 138 Local government to have regard to particular guidelines
Division 3 - Plumbing and drainage inspectors
- 139 Appointment and qualifications
- 140 Functions of inspectors
- 141 Inspector to have regard to particular guidelines
- 142 Advising commissioner of appointment of inspectors
Division 4 - Enforcement by local governments
- 143 When enforcement notice may be given
- 144 Show cause notice
- 145 Use of enforcement notice
- 146 Requirements for enforcement notice
- 147 Contravening, or tampering with, enforcement notice
- 148 Application for permit in response to show cause or enforcement notice
- 149 Administering entity may remedy contravention
- 150 Action notices
- 151 Stay of enforcement notice or action notice
PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 152 Approval of forms
- 153 Electronic notices
- 154 Guidelines
- 155 Public access to documents
- 156 Fees payable to QBCC
- 157 Regulation-making power
PART 8 - REPEAL, TRANSITIONAL AND VALIDATION PROVISIONS
Division 1 - Repeal
- 158 Act repealed
Division 2 - Transitional and validation provisions
- 159 Members of council
- 160 Assistant commissioner
- 161 Licence applications
- 162 Licences
- 163 Disciplinary action
- 164 Permits and certificates
- 165 Compliance requests for compliance assessment of plan for plumbing or drainage work
- 166 Compliance requests for compliance assessment of plumbing or drainage work
- 167 Information requests
- 168 Applications for chief executive approval
- 169 Chief executive approvals
- 170 Inspectors
- 171 Enforcement notices
- 172 Plumbing or drainage work
- 173 References to repealed Act and regulations
- 173A Holder of particular licence taken to hold associated occupation licence in relevant period
- 174 (Expired)