Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - REG 53A

53A Notice requirement for particular development approvals for building work near sewers

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a private certifier approves a building development application for building work for a class 1 building or a class 10 building or structure; and

(b) the application is for building work on a lot that contains, or is adjacent to a lot that contains, a sewer of a sewerage service provider; and

(c) the sewerage service provider is not a local government or a referral agency for the application; and

(d) the QDC, part 1.4 applies to the building work because of the distance between the building work and the sewer.

(2) The private certifier must, within 5 business days after approving the building development application, give the sewerage service provider notice in the approved form about the building work.

Editor’s note—

The approved form can be accessed, free of charge, on the department’s website.

(3) For this section, a reference to a sewer includes a maintenance cover for the sewer.

(4) In this section—

"maintenance cover" means a cover, whether above, at, or below ground level, for a chamber through which a person, machine or device may gain access to a sewer for the purpose of inspecting, maintaining or replacing the sewer.

"sewer" means a sewer that is part of a sewerage system under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018.

"sewerage service provider" see the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 , schedule 3 .