New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2011 - SECT 16

16 Supply of plans

(1) On completion of any part of plumbing and drainage work that consists of or includes carrying out work on a sanitary drainage system, the responsible person for the work must supply a plan of the work, in the approved form, to the following persons--

(a) the owner of the land or the owner's agent,

(b) the plumbing regulator.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(2) If a person prepares a plan of a sanitary drainage system other than under subsection (1) the person must supply a copy of the plan, in the approved form, to the following persons--

(a) the owner of the land or the owner's agent,

(b) the plumbing regulator.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units in the case of an individual or 200 penalty units in the case of a corporation.

(3) A requirement to supply a plan or a copy of a plan to the plumbing regulator under this section may be satisfied by supplying the plan or copy to a local council of the area, a joint organisation of the joint organisation area, or county council of the area of operations, in which the sanitary drainage system is located, if the plumbing regulator has delegated its functions under this section to that local council, joint organisation or county council.

(4) A plan or a copy of a plan required to be supplied to the owner of the land or the owner's agent under this section is required to be supplied no later than as prescribed by the regulations.

(4A) A plan or a copy of a plan required to be supplied to the plumbing regulator under this section is required to be supplied--

(a) if a physical inspection of the plumbing and drainage work has been conducted--on the completion of the work, or

(b) in any other case--no later than as prescribed by the regulations after completing the work.

(5) In this section, a
"plan of a sanitary drainage system" includes a sewer service diagram or similar instrument.