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PLUMBING REGULATIONS 2008 (SR NO 136 OF 2008) - REG 10

Meaning of plumbing work

r. 10

    (1)     For the purposes of section 221C of the Act the following plumbing work is plumbing work to which Part 12A of the Act applies—

        (a)     backflow prevention work;

        (b)     drainage work;

        (c)     fire protection work;

        (d)     gasfitting work;

        (e)     irrigation (non-agricultural) work;

        (f)     mechanical services work;

        (g)     refrigerated air-conditioning work;

        (h)     roofing (stormwater) work;

              (i)     sanitary work;

        (j)     type A appliance conversion work;

        (k)     type A appliance servicing work;

        (l)     type B gasfitting work;

        (m)     type B gasfitting advanced work; and

        (n)     water supply work.

    (2)     For the purpose of section 221C of the Act, the following work is not plumbing work to which Part 12A of the Act applies—

        (a)     any work carried out in relation to a supply or discharge reticulation system or a treatment plant or any equipment, appliance, fixture or system associated with that system or plant (other than any equipment, appliance, fixture or system used mainly for administrative or ablution purposes) owned by, or exclusively vested in—

              (i)     a gas company; or

              (ii)     the holder of a water licence or a water and sewerage licence under the Water Industry Act 1994 ; or

              (iii)     an Authority that has a water district or a sewerage district under the Water Act 1989 ; or

              (iv)     a council when the work is for stormwater drainage system purposes;

        (b)     the internal design, construction, installation, replacement, repair, alteration, maintenance, testing or commissioning of any integral part of an on-site wastewater management system device or an on-site liquid trade waste management system device;

        (c)     the opening or closing of inspection opening caps and covers in sewage, stormwater and waste pipes;

        (d)     the clearing of blockages, or closed circuit television inspection of sewage, stormwater and waste pipes, using existing inspection openings or removable grates;

        (e)     the connection for water use of hoses from appliances such as dishwashers and clothes washing machines to taps;

        (f)     the connection of hoses to taps for the purposes of activities that use water including cleaning or watering a garden;

        (g)     the connection of irrigation systems or devices to hose taps for the purposes of watering a garden or irrigation;

        (h)     the installation of a refrigerated package appliance;

              (i)     design work where that design work is carried out by a person in their capacity as—

              (i)         a building practitioner; or

              (ii)     an architect; or

              (iii)     a draftsperson; or

              (iv)     an engineer; or

              (v)     a landscape architect; or

              (vi)     a designer—

unless the design work is incidental to, or associated with, plumbing work (that is not design work) that is or will be carried out by that person.



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