Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary

"action notice" see section 150 .

"apparatus" —

(a) includes—

(i) a cistern, pump, siphon or valve; and

(ii) for sanitary plumbing or sanitary drainage or an on-site sewage facility—an arrestor; and

(iii) for water plumbing—a backflow prevention device, domestic water filter, tap, water heater, water meter or water softener; but

(b) does not include an appliance, fitting, fixture or straight pipe.

(a) an apparatus, fitting or pipe, either above or below ground level, that carries—

(i) sewage to a sewerage system; or

(ii) sewage to, within or from an on-site sewage facility; or

Examples—

• a pipe carrying effluent to an on-site sewage treatment plant on premises

• a pipe carrying treated effluent from an on-site sewage treatment plant off the premises on which the plant is installed to a system of common effluent drainage or a holding tank for collection

(iii) greywater from a greywater treatment plant or greywater diversion device; or

(b) an on-site sewage facility.

(a) drainage; or

(b) a greywater use facility; or

(c) an on-site sewage facility.

Examples—

• partly assembling sanitary drainage in a workshop

• installing sanitary drainage in premises

(a) receives and treats the waste; and

(b) uses a biological degradation or dehydration process to treat the waste; and

(c) does not use water other than water for cleaning or to help the biological degradation process.

(a) is installed on premises for treating sewage produced on the premises, and disposing of the resulting effluent—

(i) in a land application area on the premises; or

(ii) off the premises by common effluent drainage or by collection from a tank on the premises; and

(b) consists of, or includes, a sewage treatment plant the operation of which is an environmentally relevant activity under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 .

(a) diverts greywater to sanitary drainage or a land application area; and

(b) if the device forms part of a greywater use facility—

(i) automatically diverts greywater from the facilityto sanitary drainage if the facility does not work properly or at all; and

(ii) allows greywater from the facility to be manually diverted from the facility to sanitary drainage.

(a) a greywater diversion device and a land application area; or

(b) a greywater treatment plant, with or without a land application area.

(a) falls below the standard reasonably expected of a person who holds a licence to do the same type of work; and

(b) is likely to endanger a person's life or physical safety, or pose a significant health risk to anyone.

Examples for paragraph (b)—

1 A hot water service is installed in a house without a temperature control device resulting in a risk that an occupier of the house will be scalded by hot water.

2 An on-site sewage treatment plant is not properly connected to a building resulting in a risk that untreated sewage will flow onto adjoining premises.

(a) the decision; and

(b) the reasons for the decision; and

(c) that the person to whom the notice is given may, within 28 days after the notice is given to the person—

(i) apply to QBCC for an internal review of the decision under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 , part 7 , division 3 ; or

(ii) apply to QCAT for an external review of the decision under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 , part 7 , division 3 ; and

(d) how to apply for a review of the decision.

(a) a kitchen; or

(b) another part of a domestic dwelling that regularly produces significant amounts of greywater contaminated with grease or oil.

(a) the work is carried out, or is to be carried out; or

(b) the facility or premises are located.

Note—

See also section 11 .

(a) means a person who holds an appointment as a member of the council under section 109 (1) ; or

(b) for part 5 , division 3 , subdivision 3 , see section 123 .

(a) of not more than 2 years after the decision to impose the conditions, or confirm or change the conditions, takes effect; and

(b) within which the licensee may not apply for a review of the conditions under part 2 , division 7 .

(a) if there is more than 1 person who apparently occupies the place—any 1 of the persons;

(b) any person at the place who is apparently acting with the authority of a person who occupies the place;

(c) if no-one apparently occupies the place—the person who is the owner of the place.

(a) a facility, other than an environmentally relevant on-site sewage facility, installed on premises, that includes—

(i) an on-site treatment plant on the premises for treating sewage produced on the premises; and

(ii) either—

(A) a land application area on the premises for disposal of the effluent produced by the on-site treatment plant; or

(B) a tank for storing on the premises the effluent produced by the on-site treatment plant for later disposal off the premises by collection from the tank; or

(b) a facility, other than an environmentally relevant on-site sewage facility, installed on premises, that—

(i) includes an on-site treatment plant on the premises for treating sewage produced on the premises; and

(ii) disposes of the effluent produced by the on-site treatment plant off the premises—

(A) if the facility is installed only for testing purposes—into a sewage system; or

(B) by common effluent drainage; or

(C) in another way, stated in the permit for the installation of the facility; or

(c) a dry-vault toilet or a chemical, composting or incinerating toilet.

(a) for a building or structure—the owner of the building or structure within the meaning of the Building Act 1975 ; or

(b) for land (whether or not a building or other structure is on the land)—the owner of the land within the meaning of the Neighbourhood Disputes (Dividing Fences and Trees) Act 2011 , section 14 .

(a) that authorises the carrying out for premises of either or both the permit work or notifiable work, stated in the permit for the premises; and

(b) that is issued by—

(i) if the work is to be carried out by or for a public sector entity—

(A) the public sector entity; or

(B) the local government for the local government area in which the premises is located; or

(ii) otherwise—the local government for the local government area in which the premises is located.

(a) an apparatus, fitting or pipe for—

(i) supplying water to premises from a water service provider’s infrastructure or a water storage tank; or

(ii) carrying water within premises; or

(b) an apparatus, fitting, fixture or pipe, above ground level, that carries sewage on premises to drainage; or

(c) a greywater treatment plant or greywater diversion device.

(a) installing, changing, extending, disconnecting, taking away, maintaining and testing plumbing; and

(b) installing a water meter, as part of a water service provider’s infrastructure, to measure the volume of water supplied from the infrastructure to premises.

Examples—

• assembling pipes and fittings in a workshop

• installing pipes and fittings in a building

(a) a building or other structure; or

(b) land (whether or not a building or other structure is situated on the land).

(a) means—

(i) a department or part of a department; or

(ii) an agency, authority, commission, corporation, instrumentality, office, or other entity, established under an Act for a public or State purpose; or

(iii) a government owned corporation; or

(iv) a rail government entity under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; but

(b) does not include a distributor-retailer under the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 , section 8 .

(a) an officer or employee of QBCC; or

(b) an employee of another government entity performing work for QBCC under a work performance arrangement within the meaning of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 .

(a) carries out the plumbing or drainage work; or

(b) supervises the carrying out of, or directs another person to carry out, the work.

(a) means a water service that is the reticulation of water in a service area, or a connection area, for a water service; but

(b) does not include—

(i) an irrigation service or a bulk water service in any area; or

(ii) the supply of recycled water in any area.

(a) disconnector gullies; and

(b) bends at the base of stacks or below ground level; and

(c) for connection to an on-site sewage facility—a pipe, other than a soil or waste pipe, used to carry sewage to or from the facility; and

(d) pipes, above ground level, installed using drainage principles.

(a) a service area for a sewerage service under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 ; or

(b) a connection area for a wastewater service under the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 .

(a) for part 2 , division 10 —see section 50 (1) ; or

(b) for part 6 , division 4 —see section 144 (2) .

(a) for which the rehabilitation period under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 has expired under that Act; and

(b) that is not revived as prescribed by section 11 of that Act.

(a) is enrolled in a course that—

(i) is conducted by a registered training organisation and leads to the issue of a VET qualification, or a VET statement of attainment, under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) ; and

(ii) relates to plumbing or drainage work; and

(b) has agreed with an employer and registered training organisation to take part in a vocational placement.

(a) a greywater treatment plant; or

(b) an on-site sewage treatment plant.

(a) a treatment plant testing approval; or

(b) a treatment plant use approval.

Example of equipment related to the device—

a pulse meter associated with the device

(a) water harvesting or collection, including, for example, water storages, groundwater extraction or replenishment and river water extraction; or

(b) the transmission of water; or

(c) the reticulation of water; or

(d) drainage, other than stormwater drainage; or

(e) water treatment or recycling.

(a) a water main; and

(b) a pipe that connects the water main to the premises; and

(c) any of the following—

(i) valves;

(ii) engines;

(iii) pumps;

(iv) machinery;

(v) other works.